Human Resources Team Business Planning Workshops 

Based on the Business Planning of the most successful companies.

We start with where you are today 

We define where you want to be in your chosen time

Figure out how to get from one to the other

Work out the gaps in skills, capabiliies and actions

Sounds Simple.   

It is… The art is in the facilitation and the set up of the workshops

What are the benefits of HR Business Planning the Rainmaker way?

• The team builds the plan themselves
• In the building of the plan is their commitment to the actions contained in it
• Each member of the team is given the chance to come up with their ideas
• All the ideas are focused on how to improve the performance
  • Specifically of the Human resources team
• The team walk out with short and easily communicated plans
• The plan reviews steers the progress towards their goals

What kind of activities and exercises will be in the workshop?

• Exercises to identify the force fields for and against the team
• Contribution from everyone on ideas as to how best to progress
• Ordering of all of the ideas into an actionable set of a priority few
• Cascading actions , measures, responsibilities and timescales 
• Second level planning down to specifics

What will the team walk out with after the workshop?

• An shared understanding of the current situation
• A team developed vision of where they need to get to in the future
• A shared set of values of how they would like to be managed on the journey 
• A shared plan of how they will move to their desired state
• The plan will be turned into this simple format
• ...

  Rainmaker Business Plan templates and Tip sheets (684 KB)

Who are the people who will actually facilitate the sessions?

Our team of workshop facilitators and business planners will work with you to
ensure that your surroundings enhance your session. We will also provide all the
support you would hope to find from a team of first class facilitators.

Here are 3 of the facilitators we could deploy to support you

Chris Gamblin:
Workshop Facilitator, Leadership and Management Developer, Coach , HR Mentor 

Chris has been a Director and Senior Consultant for twelve years and has worked closely, and at senior level, with companies such as JCB, Mowlem, BAE Systems, and Vodafone.

He has worked with Government departments such as the MOD and in a variety of Housing Associations. Chris also partners with Manchester Business School and Liverpool University.

Chris was previously European HR Director for Northern Telecom, and UK (Sales) HR Director for Hewlett Packard. His experience is in Top Team alignment and Business Direction (Strategy Development). He is a specialist in leadership and culture development.

Kevin Howes:

Senior Consultant , HR systems specialist, Executive and Management Coach

Kevin has more than 25 years delivering bottom-line results in blue-chip companies and SMEs. Much of his experience and successes have been in the financial services, IT, telecommunications, automotive and pharmaceutical sectors.

His clients tell him they like his informal, practical, straight-talking approach and his knack of quickly pinpointing where performance can be improved. Happy to roll-up his sleeves and get dirt under his fingernails and build enduring relationships at all levels based on mutual trust, personal credibility and
a passion for achieving agreed results.

Kevin has achieved a solid track record of delivering results in companies like Accident Exchange, Barclays, Britax, BT Cellnet (now 02), DaimlerChrysler, EPSON, Ford, Hewlett-Packard, Legal & General, Lloyds Bank, Nortel, Oracle, Sankyo, TMP Worldwide, and Zurich Financial Services.

He employs a powerful mix of on-line behavioural profiling tools that enable him to quickly discover the things people do to accelerate or sustain business performance. Likewise, quickly pinpoint the things people do that hinder individual success and block business performance.

Allan James:

Workshop Facilitator, Appreciative enquirer, Change Manager,

Management and Leadership Development Specialist

Allan has delivered  facilitation services to leaders and managers in a range of businesses

This has included the telecom, electronics, consulting and IT sectors as well as functional organisations such as HR, Supply Chain and Marketing. Prior to this he worked in the FMCG, Retailing, Telecom and Construction/ Civil Engineering industries.

He has a Master of Science degree in Organisation Consulting and a Diploma in Management Studies.
He takes a practical approach in working with clients and it is backed up by a sound knowledge of relevant theory

Who have we facilitated workshops for?

• We have facilitated this type of workshop for a number of sizes of companies.
   
• We’ve facilitated workshops for Microsoft Services in the UK.
  They chose us because we were a company that could facilitate large numbers
  of people through a process. We ran the first workshop for 32 people.
   The next one for 45 and the next for 64 people.
  All rated as hugely successful by all of the teams.
• We’ve also facilitated workshops for BP (the Castrol division)
• For companies with tens of employees but big issues to deal with.

What did our clients say of our services?

“The scenario and business planning sessions Rainmaker facilitated with the management team at Empower were powerful and illuminating. Their skill and experience in this area certainly helped us to move forward significantly towards where we needed to be”
Phil Lawler: Chairman of Empower Ltd.

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