HR Pulse

In the last 10 years our industry has lost 231,000 years of critical cumulative knowledge...how do you compensate for that?

The outlook for human capital in the oil and gas industry is bleak: a rapidly aging workforce; a war for top technical talent; inability to replace exiting knowhow; dwindling undergraduate enrollments in earth sciences and petro-chemical engineering and the list goes on.

The future is one where we will have to learn to do much more with fewer people...and in less time. It will be harder to attract, skill, engage and retain the people we want. It's no wonder that demand for "soft skills" training has now overtaken demand for technical training in our business.

This course is designed to equip you to navigate the difficult times ahead and to avoid a human capital crisis in your company. It will help you to use proven strategies to fast-track the learning of your people - saving time and money. It will show how to extract more value from existing employees by helping them to be more innovative and resourceful. It will help you to identify and effectively address upcoming human capital problems and it will provide you with leading-edge models and tools to be a leader in people management practices.

This practical, hands-on course will have you excited by the new possibilities to drive performance in your business. The examples given are proven winners and the materials provide for easy adaptation to your business. Within days of completing the course you can be forging positive change for your company and your people.

Key learning objectives

• LEARN how to construct a Leadership Competency Framework to strategically develop the leaders you want

• DEVELOP competency-based skill matrices for technical staff to expedite "time to autonomy"

• EXPLORE industry best practice from dozens of real examples including: BP; Saudi Aramco; Shell; Halliburton; Total; Chevron Texaco; ConocoPhillips; Canadian Nexen and Schlumberger

• GAIN insights on strategic compensation and benefits management to attract and retain high performers

• CONDUCT a retention audit and build a retention plan for your company

• SEE what the most innovative talent management strategies are and realise how inexpensive and easy they are to duplicate

• DISCERN the benefits of self-managed learning and learning ecologies to fast-track employee skill and knowledge acquisition

• UNDERSTAND why most succession management strategies are doomed to fail and learn how to do succession management well

Who will be attending:

All levels of management from team leaders, supervisors to regional managers and executives as well as special projects managers and internal consultants in:

• Workforce planning

• Operational and strategic HR

• Personnel management

• Corporate development and planning

• Talent management

• Recruitment and selection

• Training and development

• Managed turnover and Retention

• Career development/career path planning

• Leadership and management development

• Internal HR advisors/consultants

• Capability development

• Internal corporate communications

• Compensation and benefits

• Job design and redesign

• Coaching and mentoring

• Organisational change

• Plus anyone who deal with people management

Course certificate

Upon successful completion of this course, you will receive a Certificate of Attendance bearing the signatures from both the Export Workshop Leader and the Course Organiser. This Certificate will testify your endeavour and serve towards your professional advancement.

Teaching Methodology

This dynamic and learning-intensive four day workshop is designed around the participant. It is highly interactive and participative whereby participants will engage in a range of learning experiences including:

- Full group discussion

- Sharing of experiences and opinions

- Small group activities and challenges

- Individual self-assessments

- Case study analysis and discussion

- Facilitator lecture and demonstration

- Future planning activities

- Comprehensive PowerPoint slides

- Reading short articles and illustrations