Career Blueprint

Explore HRKS’ Career Blueprint, offering talent management and inclusive workforce solutions, designed to build future-ready inclusive cultures, capabilities, increase retention, and reduce quiet quitting.

Get expert learning and development support with training, coaching and personalized programs

Are your training and development programs effective?
Do you nurture your future leaders?
Do you have clear career pathways for all staff members?
Do employees believe you have a fair and civil culture?
Do you have an inclusive workforce that values differences?
Are your leaders comfortable having difficult conversations?

Studies show that great leaders drive innovation and increase employee productivity & engagement. We offer a variety of time-tested leadership development courses that can be delivered as a standalone course or bundled as part of your leadership development program. Check out our Leadership Series Course Catalog.

Our Career Blueprint (CBP) will support you to get your L&D provision back in order.

Our decades of learning and development experience have led to the development of six signature programs, alongside provision for personalized solutions.

Speak to us about our proven track record of success with organizations just like yours.

Career progression and talent management

The Six Signature Programs in the Career Blueprint

Our wealth of HR experience with a range of organizations and Subject Matter Experts (SME) has enabled us to create customized signature career, talent management and inclusive workforce programs as part of our Career Blueprint solution.

The programs fit a variety of common requirements and development needs. We offer both training sessions and coaching opportunities to support employee growth, inclusive cultures, and succession planning.

New Employee Experience Training (N.E.X.T)

The new way to onboard and accelerate results from new hires

Are you making a good first impression? Nurture a new employee from the outset with our robust N.E.X.T onboarding method.
We demonstrate how to effectively introduce all new starters to your organization’s unique culture and workplace norms, quickly enveloping them within the team. In return, benefit from the creation of a welcoming environment that puts your new hire on a pathway to success, from Day 1.

Leading with Excellence, Authenticity, and Decisiveness (L.E.A.D.)

The interactive training series for effective management development

Great managers are integral to the employee experience. Are your people ready to step up into a management position?

L.E.A.D aids supervisors, current managers and the ‘managers of tomorrow’ to build essential skills necessary for leadership. They get to learn and practice effective management techniques in a fun, interactive ‘fail forward’ environment. You will see them immediately implementing what they have learned, with really positive results.

Propelling Performance and Execution for Leaders (PRO.P.E.L)

The proven leadership coaching program that achieves exceptional results

Invest in 1:1 coaching support to refine and enhance the leadership skills and behaviors of your most promising leaders.

This coaching program is tailored for business leaders and aspiring individuals who are ready to collaborate with a coach to enhance their current capabilities. Choose between a 4-, 6- or 9-month program and see your leaders become empowered to handle hidden de-railers and challenges effectively, as well as adopting a growth mindset that enables them to lead with resilience and efficacy.

Career Navigator

The most effective framework for modern career pathways

Lack of clear career progression opportunities is a key reason valuable employees leave an organization. Don’t let this happen to you.
With our support, create an agile and innovative roadmap that is built upon an alignment between your company’s staffing needs and your staff’s career interests. The program also empowers employees to take ownership of their career trajectory, through collaboration with management.

If you identify a gap in your talent pool, check out The Recruitment Alliance

The Mindful Manager

The effective group coaching program that empowers managers

Do you managers work well together, across departments and divisions? Do your current leaders bring out the best in each other?

The Mindful Manager is a 6-month cohort-based developmental process, utilizing training and coaching that enhances execution, leadership capacity, and alignment with company goals. This is ideal for intact leadership teams working together on a real-time project or committed to continuous development.

Building Your Organization’s Bench (B.Y.O.B.)

The ultimate guide to successful succession planning and talent management

What does the future look like for your employees, as well as the company as a whole? Are you on a pathway to success…or failure?

Building Your Organization’s Bench (B.Y.O.B) is HRKS’ signature program that utilizes our proprietary Succession Planning Process. Together, we identify the critical positions within your organization and develop action plans for internal staff that ensure company growth. Let’s determine your company’s critical roles; review current talent; identify successor slates; and build a talent-enhancing strategy, by both position and department.

Creating FAIR Workplaces (Fairness, Access, Inclusion, Representation)

The how-to program for promoting equitable experiences, removing barriers towards inclusiveness, fostering respect for difference and advocating for diverse voices.

Would you rather remove or manage conflict when it occurs? Do you invite all voices to the conversation or focus only on the familiar voices?

Building a FAIR workplace means shifting the paradigm toward focusing on the ‘sum of the parts’ while respecting the individual parts of the organization. It is welcoming, calling everyone “in” instead of calling a few “out”. It’s about creating a culture where people can ask tough questions and have difficult conversations for the good of the entire group, rather than simply making complex topics taboo.

A FAIR workplace does not remove conflict entirely or brush it under a rug. It teaches leaders and the rest of the workforce how to navigate conflict in a manner that is civil and respectful. This means that organizations must not only be clear about what fairness looks like in their respective workplaces, but also that their leaders model it and that the culture and practices reflect it.

The FAIR framework below focuses on promoting equitable experiences, removing barriers towards inclusiveness, fostering respect for differences and advocating for diverse voices.

Fairness: ensures opportunities for all while addressing systemic challenges through policies and practices that promote equitable experiences.

Access: removes roadblocks and creates welcoming work spaces where everyone can fully participate on their own terms.

Inclusion: fosters a collaborative culture where every person feels respected, valued, and safe, regardless of their identities, experiences, and perspectives.

Representation: ensures that all unique voices are truly heard and advocated for by those in positions of power, building trust, commitment, and accountability.

Personalized career pathway, talent management and leadership programs

Our Career Blueprint signature programs address many common challenges and themes. We highly respect that every organization is unique. This is why we offer personalized leadership and management training, as well as tailored group coaching programs.

We also offer work style and behavioral assessments, including, but not limited to, EQi, PXT, DiSC, and MBTI.

Your personalized program can be delivered as separate trainings or bundled together as a course series. Customization also ensures we can work with you to maximize the learning experience, appeal to various learning styles and offer training and development, consistent and appropriate for all sections of your organization.

“We engaged HRKS almost 2 years ago when we realized that our HR operations were outdated and inefficient. The HRKS team took a deep dive into our HR operations providing us with a thorough analysis of ways to improve our HR department. Over the last 2 years, HRKS has very professionally and knowledgably guided us through implementing these new procedures and policies. Our HR department is now modern, electronic, organized and efficient. HRKS also supports us through our day-to-day needs as they arise. The HRKS team is always available and is knowledgeable about HR law and best practices so we can be confident in the decisions we make. HRKS has helped our company move forward so we can continue to grow.”

“We have partnered with TRA on several occasions to secure strong talent. The staff is highly experienced and have great resources. Their process is so comprehensive and organized which allows the hiring manager to focus on interviews. I highly recommend using their recruiting services to secure top talent!”

“It was a pleasure working with HRKS Team. They really took the stress out of the recruiting process. They listened to our needs and were able to deliver candidates that were skilled and a great fit for our organization’s culture within a short period of time. They were very professional and have a proven strategy that is very effective in the recruiting space. I highly recommend them.”

“I am grateful to HR Knowledge Source (HRKS) for their support and expertise in establishing the HR function for the City of Mableton. Their dedication and professionalism have been instrumental in transitioning our HR operations to our staff, setting a solid foundation for our future growth and success….”

Why choose a Career Blueprint?

Whether you choose one or a combination of our signature programs and personalized services, you can expect to benefit from:

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