Human Capital Management Training Course

Duration 10 days 20 modules · 65 contact hours
Level Intermediate Certificate on completion
Who attends HR Business Partners, HR Managers and others
Fee from USD 2,200 KSh 190,000 for Kenyan organisations
Where 52 cities + online See dates by city
Next start 9 Nov 2026 Course code SD-HM-084

Before you join: Participants should understand core HR processes such as recruitment, performance reviews, employee records and basic employment policies.

Dates & prices

Two start dates a month in every city, and live online on weekdays or weekends. Fees are per participant; classroom fees include tuition, materials, lunch and refreshments, and the certificate.

Suggest a date or city

Showing the next six months. Later dates, other cities and private deliveries for your team are available on request.

Course overview

Human capital management converts organisational priorities into decisions about workforce capacity, skills, performance, reward, retention and employee experience. HR teams are expected to provide reliable people services while also advising leaders on difficult questions: which roles are critical, where talent shortages will arise, how performance should be assessed, whether pay practices are fair, and how people risks affect delivery. Poorly connected HR processes produce inconsistent decisions, weak workforce data, avoidable turnover and low confidence in management.

This course develops the practical methods used to manage the employee lifecycle and align people decisions with organisational plans. Participants examine workforce planning, job analysis, recruitment, onboarding, performance management, learning, succession, reward, employee relations, engagement, wellbeing, HR operations and people analytics. They use tools including strategic workforce planning, competency frameworks, nine-box talent reviews, RACI matrices, HR scorecards and ISO 30414 human capital reporting measures.

Teaching combines focused instructor briefings with realistic cases from public services, banking, multinational operations, NGOs and large corporate employers. Participants work with workforce data, role profiles, performance evidence, talent grids and employee survey findings to make decisions that can be defended to senior leaders. They leave with a completed Human Capital Management Plan, supported by workforce priorities, people metrics, governance arrangements and implementation actions suited to their own organisation.

The course suits HR professionals moving beyond transactional responsibilities, HR business partners, talent and learning specialists, people managers with broader workforce responsibilities, and managers leading HR transformation or workforce change.

What you will be able to do

  • Build a strategic workforce plan using demand, supply, gap and scenario analysis
  • Design competency-based role profiles and recruitment criteria from job analysis evidence
  • Establish performance management processes using objectives, behavioural indicators and calibration
  • Create talent and succession plans using nine-box assessment and critical-role analysis
  • Develop reward, recognition and benefits proposals aligned with job value and affordability
  • Interpret people metrics and HR scorecards to identify workforce risks and priorities
  • Apply employee relations, wellbeing and inclusion practices to improve employee experience
  • Present an integrated Human Capital Management Plan with measures, owners and milestones

Benefits of attending

For you

  • Produce workforce recommendations supported by evidence rather than anecdotal opinion
  • Lead talent reviews and succession discussions with clear assessment criteria
  • Build credible business cases for people initiatives and HR investment
  • Use people data to identify retention, capability and capacity risks
  • Present an integrated Human Capital Management Plan to senior stakeholders

For your organisation

  • Improves alignment between workforce capacity, skills needs and operating priorities
  • Reduces inconsistent hiring, performance and promotion decisions
  • Strengthens succession coverage for critical roles and scarce skills
  • Provides clearer people metrics for leadership and board reporting
  • Creates accountable implementation plans for HR service and talent improvements

Course modules

20 modules over 10 days

Participants can connect human capital priorities with organisational strategy, operating plans and service delivery requirements.

  • Human capital operating model linked to organisational strategy and service delivery
  • Ulrich HR roles applied to strategic, advisory and service responsibilities
  • Stakeholder mapping for executives, managers, employees, unions and external partners
  • Employee lifecycle mapping from workforce entry through exit and alumni
  • People strategy priorities translated into accountable HR objectives and measures
  • RACI matrix defining ownership across HR, line management and shared services

Participants can prepare a workforce plan using demand, supply, gap and scenario analysis.

  • Strategic workforce planning cycle from business assumptions to action plans
  • Demand forecasting using workload drivers, productivity ratios and service volumes
  • Workforce supply analysis covering headcount, skills, mobility and attrition
  • Gap analysis identifying shortages, surpluses, critical roles and timing
  • Scenario planning for growth, restructuring, automation and funding changes
  • Workforce plan actions covering build, buy, borrow, bind and redeploy

Participants can define roles, accountabilities and capabilities using structured job analysis methods.

  • Job analysis using interviews, observation, questionnaires and work diaries
  • Task statements separated from outputs, authority limits and decision rights
  • Competency frameworks combining technical, behavioural and leadership requirements
  • Job descriptions written with purpose, accountabilities, measures and relationships
  • Organisation charts tested against spans, layers and decision bottlenecks
  • Role evaluation evidence prepared for grading, reward and recruitment decisions

Participants can design fair and evidence-based recruitment and selection processes for priority roles.

  • Recruitment strategy selected from internal mobility, external hiring and talent pools
  • Candidate personas built from role requirements and labour-market evidence
  • Structured interview questions mapped to competencies and behavioural indicators
  • Selection scorecards weighting essential criteria, evidence and panel ratings
  • Work-sample tests designed around realistic role outputs and standards
  • Bias controls applied through panel calibration, anonymisation and documented decisions

Participants can establish onboarding and probation arrangements that support faster contribution and retention.

  • Preboarding checklist covering documentation, equipment, access and manager contact
  • Thirty-sixty-ninety-day plans linking learning, outputs and stakeholder relationships
  • Role clarity discussions covering priorities, standards, authority and escalation routes
  • Probation review criteria based on objectives, behaviours and support evidence
  • New-hire feedback collected through pulse surveys and structured check-ins
  • Early attrition analysis separating recruitment, onboarding, manager and role causes

Participants can design performance management arrangements that create clarity, feedback and accountable action.

  • SMART objectives aligned with team outputs, customer needs and risk controls
  • Behavioural indicators describing observable conduct for values and competencies
  • Performance check-ins structured around progress, obstacles, feedback and support
  • Rating scales defined with evidence standards and performance anchors
  • Calibration meetings testing consistency across managers, functions and employee groups
  • Performance improvement plans specifying gaps, actions, evidence and review dates

Participants can create capability development plans from identified skills and performance gaps.

  • Skills taxonomy distinguishing job-specific, transferable, leadership and digital skills
  • Training needs analysis using strategic, task, person and compliance evidence
  • 70-20-10 development plans combining experience, feedback and formal learning
  • Learning pathways sequenced by role level, skill proficiency and career stage
  • Kirkpatrick evaluation levels applied to learning outcomes and transfer evidence
  • Capability dashboards tracking participation, proficiency, application and performance results

Participants can identify high-potential talent and create succession actions for critical roles.

  • Critical-role analysis based on strategic value, scarcity and operational risk
  • Nine-box grid combining sustained performance and future potential evidence
  • Talent review meetings using calibrated criteria, evidence and challenge questions
  • Successor slates distinguishing ready-now, ready-soon and longer-term candidates
  • Development assignments matched to exposure, stretch, coaching and formal learning
  • Succession risk registers covering vacancy impact, readiness and retention exposure

Participants can assess reward options using job value, market evidence, affordability and fairness criteria.

  • Total reward model covering pay, benefits, recognition, development and work experience
  • Job evaluation factors used to assess relative role value consistently
  • Salary range architecture defining minimum, midpoint, maximum and progression rules
  • Market benchmarking interpreted alongside internal equity and budget constraints
  • Variable pay measures linked to performance, risk controls and affordability
  • Pay equity analysis comparing comparable roles, protected groups and outliers

Participants can manage employee relations issues through fair processes, evidence and documented decisions.

  • Employee relations framework covering voice, discipline, grievances and consultation
  • Case triage distinguishing informal resolution, investigation and formal procedures
  • Investigation plans defining allegations, evidence sources, witnesses and confidentiality
  • Fact-finding interviews conducted with neutral questions and accurate records
  • Case documentation separating evidence, findings, decisions and follow-up actions
  • Union and employee representative engagement planned through consultation protocols

Participants can diagnose engagement and retention issues and select targeted improvement actions.

  • Employee engagement drivers analysed through survey, focus-group and turnover evidence
  • Pulse survey questions designed around trust, workload, voice and manager quality
  • Employee listening architecture combining surveys, forums, interviews and exit data
  • Stay interviews identifying motivators, frustrations, aspirations and retention risks
  • Retention segmentation focusing on critical roles, scarce skills and vulnerable cohorts
  • Action plans assigning local owners, measures, deadlines and communication messages

Participants can integrate wellbeing, inclusion and fair-treatment considerations into people management decisions.

  • Psychosocial risk assessment covering workload, control, support and role clarity
  • Wellbeing indicators monitored through absence, workload, survey and case data
  • Inclusion diagnostics examining representation, progression, voice and employee experience
  • Inclusive leadership behaviours translated into manager expectations and feedback criteria
  • Reasonable adjustment processes documented through needs assessment and review
  • Fair treatment checks applied to recruitment, performance, reward and promotion decisions

Participants can improve HR service delivery through process design, controls and service measures.

  • HR service catalogue defining transactions, advice, ownership and service levels
  • Employee journey mapping identifies friction points, handoffs and service failures
  • Standard operating procedures document inputs, controls, approvals and exceptions
  • Case management workflows route employee requests through defined resolution stages
  • Service-level measures track response time, resolution quality and customer feedback
  • Continuous improvement uses root-cause analysis, Pareto charts and corrective actions

Participants can interpret people data and present decision-relevant workforce insights to leaders.

  • HR metrics dictionary defining formulas, sources, owners and reporting frequency
  • Headcount and full-time-equivalent measures reconciled for workforce reporting
  • Turnover analysis separates voluntary, involuntary, regretted and early attrition
  • Absence measures distinguish frequency, duration, patterns and operational impact
  • HR scorecards link workforce measures with performance, risk and delivery outcomes
  • ISO 30414 indicators selected for internal reporting and governance needs

Participants can define data governance requirements for reliable, secure and useful HR information.

  • HR data inventory identifies personal data, sources, users and retention periods
  • Data-quality rules test completeness, validity, consistency, timeliness and uniqueness
  • Role-based access controls protect sensitive employee and compensation information
  • Master data ownership assigned for employee, position, organisation and skills records
  • HR system requirements translated from process needs, controls and reporting priorities
  • Algorithmic decision risks reviewed for bias, explainability and human oversight

Participants can establish governance arrangements that manage people risks and support ethical decisions.

  • HR governance structure defines committees, authorities, reporting and escalation paths
  • People risk register records likelihood, impact, controls, owners and review dates
  • Ethical decision model tests legality, fairness, harm and stakeholder consequences
  • Delegated authority schedules clarify approvals for hiring, pay and employee actions
  • Policy governance covers drafting, consultation, approval, communication and review
  • Audit trails preserve evidence for employment decisions, controls and investigations

Participants can plan people-side actions for HR change, restructuring and new operating models.

  • Change impact assessment maps affected roles, processes, skills and stakeholder groups
  • Kotter's eight-step model applied to HR transformation and adoption planning
  • Change readiness assessment identifies sponsorship, capability, resistance and communication gaps
  • Stakeholder engagement plans sequence messages, channels, feedback and local champions
  • Transition plans define workforce actions, service continuity and decision milestones
  • Adoption measures track system use, manager capability and employee experience

Participants can structure HR advisory engagements that diagnose issues and produce actionable recommendations.

  • Consulting contract clarifies problem statement, scope, roles, evidence and decisions
  • Issue trees separate symptoms, root causes, assumptions and priority questions
  • Root-cause analysis uses five whys, fishbone diagrams and evidence testing
  • Business cases quantify costs, benefits, risks, dependencies and implementation requirements
  • Executive briefings present options, trade-offs, recommendations and decision requests
  • Influencing plans adapt messages to stakeholder interests, authority and concerns

Participants can evaluate whether human capital initiatives are producing measurable organisational value.

  • Logic models connect HR inputs, activities, outputs, outcomes and intended impact
  • Baseline measures established before interventions, pilots and policy changes
  • Benefits tracking compares expected outcomes with realised workforce and service results
  • Cost-of-turnover calculations include vacancy, recruitment, onboarding and productivity losses
  • Dashboard narratives explain trends, exceptions, limitations and management implications
  • Quarterly people reviews assign corrective actions against agreed workforce measures

Participants can build, review and present a complete Human Capital Management Plan for a defined organisational priority.

  • Strategic workforce issue defined with evidence, scope, stakeholders and success measures
  • Workforce demand, supply and capability gaps consolidated into priority findings
  • Talent, performance, reward and engagement actions integrated into one plan
  • People metrics, risk controls and governance arrangements specified for implementation
  • Implementation roadmap sequences owners, milestones, resources, dependencies and review points
  • Executive presentation communicates recommendations, trade-offs, costs and expected benefits

Exercises and examples are adapted to each cohort's sectors and roles.

What you take back to work

  1. Strategic Workforce Planning Template
  2. Competency-Based Role Profile
  3. Nine-Box Talent Review Template
  4. HR Scorecard and Metrics Dictionary
  5. People Risk Register
  6. Integrated Human Capital Management Plan

Who should attend

  • HR Business Partners — need to translate business priorities into workforce decisions
  • HR Managers — need consistent systems across the employee lifecycle
  • Talent Management Specialists — need connected succession, development and retention processes
  • Learning and Development Managers — need skills plans linked to workforce capability gaps
  • People Managers — need practical methods for performance, engagement and employee decisions
  • HR Transformation Leads — need a structured model for improving people services

Skills and tools covered

Strategic workforce planningTalent managementPerformance managementPeople analyticsReward designHR governance

Tools and standards

ISO 30414 Human Capital Reporting, Nine-Box Talent Grid, RACI Matrix, Kirkpatrick Model

How the course runs

Training methodology

The instructor uses short briefings to introduce methods, followed by cases, data interpretation, group tasks, decision simulations and structured application planning. Participants analyse realistic workforce scenarios such as branch expansion, public-service restructuring, donor-funded programme growth and critical-skill shortages. They develop working documents throughout the course, receive peer and instructor feedback, and test decisions against cost, fairness, employee experience, delivery risk and governance requirements. Each module contributes material to the final Human Capital Management Plan.

Requirements and prerequisites

Participants should understand core HR processes such as recruitment, performance reviews, employee records and basic employment policies. At least one year of HR, people management, talent, learning, reward or workforce planning experience is helpful, as the course assumes familiarity with workplace decision-making and organisational structures. Participants should be able to work with simple spreadsheets and interpret basic percentages, turnover rates and headcount figures. No previous qualification in human resources, people analytics, finance, employment law or organisational psychology is required.

A typical training day

08:30 – 10:30First session
10:30 – 10:45Refreshment break
10:45 – 12:30Second session
12:30 – 13:30Lunch and networking
13:30 – 15:00Third session
15:00 – 15:15Refreshment break
15:15 – 16:30Workshop and daily review

Live online deliveries follow the same structure in East Africa Time, with shorter screen blocks and longer breaks.

What the fee includes

  • Instruction by a practitioner facilitator
  • Full course workbook and materials
  • Exercise files, templates and case studies
  • Refreshments and lunch on classroom deliveries
  • Certificate of completion
  • Post-course application plan

Frequently asked questions

You should have basic familiarity with HR processes, people management or workforce decisions. The course does not require an HR qualification, advanced analytics skills or prior experience with HR systems.

Bring a laptop if possible, along with a current people challenge, workforce plan, HR policy or anonymised workforce data you can use as reference material. Templates are provided, and confidential information should be removed before class.

It is designed for HR professionals, HR business partners, talent specialists, learning leaders and managers with significant people responsibilities. It is most valuable for those moving from individual HR processes to joined-up workforce and talent decisions.

General HR courses often focus on core policies, administration and legal obligations. This course concentrates on managing workforce capability, talent, performance, reward, people data and HR governance as connected management systems.

Participants build practical documents throughout the programme, including workforce analyses, role profiles, scorecards, talent plans and implementation actions. The final plan can be adapted for a current workforce, retention, capability or HR service issue.

Training runs from 08:30 to 16:30 each day, providing about 6.5 contact hours daily. The first part establishes workforce and employee lifecycle methods, while the later modules deepen analytics, governance, change and the final capstone plan.

Questions about this course?

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