STRATEGIC HR MANAGEMENT Prof. Guido Gianasso 1. OVERVIEW This course focuses on the critical role of Human Resources in driving organizational success. Participants will learn how to align HR practices with strategic objectives, foster employee engagement, hire and manage talent, and navigate evolving workplace challenges. Participants will gain insight into how effective HR strategies influence organizational culture, workforce planning, talent acquisition, employee engagement, and change management. The course highlights best practices in recruiting and retaini ng top talent, managing generational diversity, and measuring HR effectiveness using data - driven metrics. 2. OUTCOMES After completion of this course, participants are expected: • Analyze the strategic contributions of HR in organizations • Develop HR strategies that align with business goals • Apply effective methods for acquiring, assessing, and retaining top talent • Utilize HR metrics to measure performance and guide decision - making • Design initiatives to boost employee engagement and manage generational diversity • Lead HR - driven organizational change with confidence and clarity 3. MODULE STRUCTURE The module will use a variety of different approaches: • Plenary session lectures, presenting and discussing the main conceptual and practical approaches to developing and growing leadership competencies • Practical exercises and group work will invite participants to appropriate and discuss critical competencies. • Individual work on the participant’s organizational and personal challenges will then be translated into goal setting and the personal steps in leadership to be taken moving forward. 4. TEACHING METHODS We believe that the classroom is a safe environment (a learning community) for experimenting with behavior that may not be comfortable or natural for the participants to exhibit on the job as managers. Our classroom then, is a place to learn, exchange ideas, and gain understanding of the behavioral basis of leadership so that change may be lasting. We will use small group exercises, simulations and readings to illustrate the main point(s) of the material we are covering. Participation in these activities — questions, observations, points of view, asking for behavioral feedback — is important for success in the course and to enhance each participant’s experience. 5. AGENDA DAY 1 • T he evolution of HR from administrative to strategic • The role of HR in achieving organizational goals • HR metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) • Talent acquisition, assessment methods, interview techniques and selection processes DAY 2 • The importance of employee engagement • Strategies for increasing motivation and engagement • Managing young millennials and Generation Z • Managing organizational change Guido Gianasso is a Leadership and Cultural Intelligence expert and Professor of Leadership. A Swiss - Italian national, he has forty years of Management, Teaching, and Consulting experience. He holds a PhD in Management at the University of Geneva. The focu s of his Academia is on Cultural Intelligence (CQ). He taught in over 30 countries and is a recipient of several teaching awards. Prof. Gianasso currently teaches the TRIUM EMBA (#1 joint EMBA globally), HEC Paris EMBA (#2 EMBA globally) and several custom programs at HEC Paris. He is also Visiting Professor at Hong Kong University, the University of Geneva, and the Wealth Management Institute in Singapore. Before joining HEC Paris, he was Profe ssor of Global Leadership and Associate Dean at Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore. In addition to his teaching activities, Guido Gianasso is Partner a t Cognify LLC, a growing consulting company with offices in Doha and Tbilisi. He also serves as Honorary Consul of Romania in Geneva, as Senior Advisor to the Royal Government of Cambodia, and on the Board of Trustees of the American University of Phnom Pe nh. Professor Gianasso is a regular speaker at International conferences and consults with leading organisations. Among his clients are companies such as Ooredoo, Nestle, HP, Alstom, STMicroelectronics, Moody's, Bridgestone, Chopard, Temasek as well as several Swiss banks. Before moving to Education, Prof. Gianasso worked for three decades as senior corporate executive. He was CHRO and Executive Committee member in the Aviation and Security sectors, helping CEOs driving major change programs. From 2003 to 2013 he worked as V ice - President, Human Capital and Executive Committee member with the International Air Transport Association (IATA). From 2009 to 2013, he was also Managing Director of the IATA Training and Development Institute (ITDI) a large organisation delivering trai ning programs for 50.000 aviation professionals every year. In his distinguished international career, Prof. Gianasso served as Vice - President of the Diplomatic Club of Geneva; on the Eurocontrol DR Supervisory Board (Belgium); as Senior Advisor to the Romanian Minister for Foreign Affairs (Romania); as Senior Advi sor to the Cambodian Minister for Post and Telecommunications (Cambodia); and on the IMD Executive Education Advisory Council (Switzerland) Prof. Gianasso lived in Qatar, Singapore, Switzerland, Italy, India, Cuba, and the US. He is fluent in English, French, Italian, Spanish, and Romanian.