Transform your business with the

power of human capital.

LINKING HUMAN
RESOURCES WITH
BUSINESS STRATEGY

August 12 - 14, 2019

ISB, Hyderabad Campus
 LEVELS

Senior | Top Management

Transform your business with the power of human capital.

Linking Human Resources

with Business Strategy
For most leaders, financial goals and business targets often form the core strategic
levers for growth. However, the one aspect that’s usually overlooked in defining
competitive advantage for the business is the human capital. People and talent priorities
are perhaps more vital for success than a product or a service differentiator. From
attracting and retaining talent to sustaining a culture that aligns with the vision and
purpose of the organisation, HR plays the role of catalysing the most important assets
in the business to create incremental value. Leaders who recognise how to leverage
human capital to align with the business will gain the power to transform aspirations -
both of the people and that of the organisation.

Programme Details
August 12 (9.00 am) - 14 (5.00 pm), 2019 - ISB, Hyderabad Campus

INR 1,50,000 plus GST @ 18%

Fee includes food and accommodation at the ISB campus
or at an equivalent facility based on availability.
Indicative list of past
participating companies
Luxxotica India ITC Limited
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries India Lifestyle International Pvt Ltd
Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Pvt.Ltd. Novartis Healthcare Pvt Ltd
Maruti Suzuki India Limited Dr Reddys Laboratories Limited
Deutsche Bank Microsoft India
State Bank of India Vodafoe India

Industry-wise participants
(Over the past 6 years)
Others

ITES, Professional
Services and R&D 16%
21 % Development &
Infrastructure
6%
9% Healthcare & Pharma
20% 12%
Auto and Manufacturing 16% Oil, Gas, Power & Energy

BFSI
About the Key learning
programme takeaways
The focus of this programme is to help • Linking workforce strategy to
HR professionals drive the development business strategy
of “great” work places. It will guide you
through HR best practices and identifying • Building a workforce with clear
and building a strategic workforce that strategic focus
delivers strategic success, consistently.
• Identifying capabilities that create a
The programme also explores developing
competitive advantage for individual
the metrics by which to hold managers
employees
and HR accountable for managing this
workforce. • Developing a workforce that creates
customer and economic value

Who should
• Aligning, integrating and
differentiating the HR function to

attend? create value for the firm

• Learn how to measure the impact of

HR directors, lead HR-business partners HR on the firm’s business strategy
and senior professionals heading the HR
function.

“An extremely well-designed programme. The faculty was able to provide

us profound insights on HR strategy and the true difference and value add
HR professionals can make in a business”.
- Sanjukta Mukherjee Gupta, Vice President - Group HR, Batra Group
Key Concepts Covered
Building strategic insights the right people for the right job and
This programme will help you recognise function is critical. This alignment extends
the need to create linkages between beyond just work experience – to include
business leadership across functions. aligned behaviours, ethic, style, energy,
HR leaders who can see a wide-angle and outlook. This programme helps you
view of the company can most effectively recognise how to see through the lens
create value for the firm. The initial step of strategic alignments, and tap into the
is to understand the core problem that human resource “tool kit”.
each function in the company must solve.
The strategic insights one needs to Measuring your impact
understand the scope of these problems This programme guides you through best
can only be attained through cross- practices and multiple ways of measuring
functional collaboration. the impact that you, as the HR function,
have on your firm. From revenue-per-
Building aligned teams employer to loss of performers in your
HR leaders can contribute significant key and hard to replace jobs, each metric
strategic value by aligning an discussed can help you build a framework
organisation’s recruitment effort with that best fits your company’s needs.
the problems it needs to solve. Finding

This programme is for you if you are responsible for bringing in synergy between
business strategy and your company’s HR function. Leaders who are responsible
for managing the ‘human capital’ of the organisation, and recognise the pivotal
role that HR plays in building a great firm, are the right fit for this programme.
Key day-wise outcomes
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3

• An introduction to the • Strategic positions • Aligning, integrating

programme and differentiating HR
• Strategic talent - case
practices
• Strategic workforce discussion
planning: an overview • Communication
• New rules to govern the
selection
• Strategic capabilities workforce
• Development, rewards,
• Identifying strategic
and performance
capability gaps
management
• Work design
• Your re-entry leadership
agenda
How this How this
programme programme
benefits benefits
organisations individuals
• Unleash the transformative power of • Become a strategic partner for
human capital business growth

• Nurture a workforce that aligns with • Ensure alignment around the

business priorities organisation’s vision and values

• Identify capability gaps across the • Keep your workforce engaged to

organisation and develop a strategic achieve business objectives
roadmap for skill development
• Leverage technology for workforce
• Develop a workforce that's aligned to planning and management
creating business and customer value

“Be ready for the future before the future arrives. This programme takes you
ahead in fast-forwarded pace to prepare your organisation ahead of time”.

- Jnanesh Kumar, Director - Human Resources, Industrial Relations, Salesforce.com

Faculty
Richard W. Beatty, PhD,
He is a core faculty member at the University of Michigan’s
Executive Education Center; Professor of Human Resource
Management at Rutgers University; Director, Executive Master’s
in HR Leadership (Rutgers); Director, Executive Master’s in HR
Leadership - Europe (Boccon University, Milan, Italy, and Rutgers).

I’d say my specialty is working with organisations to design and implement

strategic change initiatives, with a specific emphasis on building workforce
capabilities through the human resource “tool kit”.

- Prof Richard W. Beatty

 How to apply
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mailing instructions mentioned therein (or)
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For further information about the programme, visit www.isb.edu/cee/LHRBS

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