HIRE GREAT PEOPLE
A practical, CPD-accredited online programme that helps organisations recruit on character – from attraction through to long-term performance.
MOST ORGANISATIONS STRUGGLE TO HIRE WELL.
Research across 500 organisations shows that around 75% underperform when it comes to recruitment. Often the problem starts before the hiring process even begins – with a lack of clarity around what “great” actually looks like for their organisation.
Most organisations hire capable people who interview well, but who don’t always deliver once they are in role.
Over time this leads to inconsistent performance, cultural friction and avoidable turnover
The Hire Great People programme provides a clear, structured approach to solving this problem.
The comprehensive programme helps organisations define the characteristics that drive success, attract the right candidates and make more consistent hiring decisions.
The course is officially CPD accredited (14.25 hours) and includes three live online masterclasses with Simon Hartley, Founder of Be World Class and a globally respected sport psychology consultant, performance coach, award-winning speaker and published author.
Hire Great People has been developed in partnership with Be World Class, combining world-class performance thinking with Headstar’s real-world recruitment experience.
This course builds on Headstar’s long-standing relationship with Simon Hartley, including years of running joint “Recruiting on Character” events with Be World Class, and the application of these principles within our own hiring approach.
BUILD A BETTER APPROACH TO HIRING
Watch Simon Hartley explain why most organisations struggle to hire well and how the Hire Great People methodology helps you attract, assess and develop high-performing people.
Employ the hiring strategy used by world-class teams in your business.
Save 50% with the coupon HireGreatPeople50
“I’ve had the pleasure of being connected with Simon now for over 18 months and alongside various speaking and coaching engagements I also asked Simon to support my TA leadership team with a full day “Hire Great People” workshop.
Simon has an innate ability to provide genuinely meaningful content that’s backed with tangible examples and not just theory. He also asks the right challenging questions and frames everything into a practical and usable way that really resonated with the team.
The parallels between high performing sports teams and the corporate world are clear but channelling this down into how they actually recruit talent and focus a lot on “character” was the real unlock for us.
If you want your organisation to begin to adopt a similar mindset and really challenge your thinking on how to hire great people I couldn’t recommend Simon highly enough.”
ROB BURGESS
Senior Director of Talent Acquisition
adidas
WHAT THIS PROGRAMME WILL HELP YOU DO
The Hire Great People programme gives leaders and hiring teams a structured way to improve the quality and consistency of their hiring decisions.
You’ll learn how to:
- Clearly define the characteristics that drive success in your organisation
- Attract candidates who share those characteristics
- Reduce reliance on CVs and interviews as the primary decision tools
- Build more consistent hiring decisions across teams
- Turn strong hires into long-term high performers
This is a practical programme designed to help organisations implement a more effective hiring approach.
“I’d really recommend this masterclass to other leaders. I think it’s really insightful. It drives your thought processes much more outside the traditional thoughts of recruiting via CVs and interviews to looking at much more broad concepts and ensuring you’re recruiting the right people for the right business at the right time with the right skills.”
MEL ROSS
CFO, pubX
WHAT’S INSIDE HIRE GREAT PEOPLE
Video Tutorials, Live Online Masterclasses, Interactive Workbook and more…
DIGITAL CLASSROOM
More than 45 insightful lessons delivered in bite-size videos alongside a comprehensive interactive workbook covering each stage of the Hire Great People methodology.
LIVE ONLINE MASTERCLASSES (ZOOM)
Three live group coaching sessions with Simon Hartley. These interactive sessions allow participants to ask questions, discuss challenges and apply the framework to their organisation.
BONUS BOOK
Every programme participant receives a signed copy of Simon Hartley’s best-selling performance book: ‘Hire Great People’.
CPD ACCREDITATION
Independently accredited through The CPD Certification Service, this practical programme provides 14.25 hours of recognised CPD learning.
Employ the hiring strategy used by world-class teams in your business.
Save 50% with the coupon HireGreatPeople50
“I would definitely recommend the masterclass to other leaders as I think it challenges your thought processes on hiring in a way that other courses haven’t done before.”
HANNAH MCMAHON
People and Culture Manager, ARC Inspirations
WHAT’S INSIDE THE DIGITAL CLASSROOM?
Video Tutorials and Worksheets are grouped in clearly defined sections that you can access on our learning platform.
VIDEO TUTORIALS
Each section comprises insightful video tutorials, so you can sit back and absorb world-class thinking from the comfort of your armchair.
WORKSHEETS
Easy-to-follow worksheets, to help compound course knowledge and structure your own talent magnet plan.
COURSE CONTENT
Welcome & Introduction
Get an overview of the programme and its purpose – building a recruitment approach that prioritises character as much as capability. Learn how each stage of the process will help you embed better hiring decisions and longer-term retention. Your comprehensive interactive workbook will be used throughout the course to support a number of practical exercises so you can put your thinking into practice and consider how to embed this methodology in your organisation.
Welcome
Your workbook
Introduction
The value of GREAT people
What is character?
What do we learn from traditional recruitment tools?
Some Olympic thinking
The simple five step process
STEP ONE: Identify The Characteristics
Define what “great” looks like in your organisation – beyond job descriptions and skills. Learn how to identify and prioritise the key characteristics that lead to high performance and cultural fit in your teams.
‘Organisational’ and ‘Role’ characteristics
Align and refine
Create a ‘character profile’
Validation
Alignment across a large organisation
ZOOM LIVE SESSION ONE: Apply the framework to define your organisation’s success traits and align hiring managers on what truly matters
STEP TWO: Magnet For Talent
Discover how to position your organisation and roles to attract the right people – and deter the wrong ones. Learn what magnetism means and how to craft authentic messages that reflect your values and appeal to candidates who share them.
What does ‘magnetism’ mean?
Organisational magnetism – Part I
Organisational magnetism – Part II
Role magnetism – Part I
Role magnetism – Part II
Magnetic messages – Part I
Magnetic messages – Part II
Create your magnet for talent
The wider strategy – Beyond the “job ad”
STEP THREE: Reach Your Ideal Candidates
Go beyond job boards and LinkedIn posts. Identify where your best candidates actually are, what they’re doing now, and how to reach them effectively through smarter, more targeted messaging and attraction strategies.
Think beyond the rule book
Make it tangible
Know (what’s important to) your audience
From strategy to action
Extend your reach
ZOOM LIVE SESSION TWO: Build your tailored outreach and attraction strategy.
STEP FOUR: Test For The Characteristics
Learn how to assess candidates for the qualities that predict long-term success – not just interview performance. Create and refine your recruitment tests and interview techniques that measure real behaviours and potential to successfully identify high performers consistently.
How do world class organisations employ tests?
How could this apply to business?
How to stretch our thinking and create tests
Refine & design feasible tests
Build a testing process
How to apply this in practice
Validate and iterate
STEP FIVE: From Starters to Superstars
Hiring the right person is only the start. Explore how to set up onboarding, training, and leadership frameworks that help people thrive in their roles and stay with the organisation. Learn how to turn strong hires into long-term performers.
The Talent Journey
How to fuel progression
Create an upswell of talent
How to challenge
How to support
The role of leadership
A powerful development tool
FREE BONUS - Real World Case Study
Real world case study – Headstar
Your Plan
Your Plan
ZOOM LIVE SESSION THREE: Build your recruitment, onboarding and development plan for implementation within your organisation. Share challenges, successes, and best practice.
WATCH & LEARN
Over 45 insightful video lessons that introduce the key concepts behind the Hire Great People methodology and explain how the framework works in practice
INTERACTIVE MASTERCLASSES
Take part in three live online Zoom sessions with Simon Hartley where you can ask questions and explore how the framework applies in your organisation.
PUT THE THINKING INTO PRACTICE
BONUS BOOK FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS
Your very own signed copy of ‘HIRE GREAT PEOPLE’, the five-star rated book by Simon Hartley.
Hire Great People: Employ the hiring strategy used by world-class teams in your business. Further insights and golden nuggets from one of the UK’s leading employee performance experts.“Great book, well written and easy to read. The concepts are simple – even obvious – and yet no-one does them. Or only a very few, world-class organisations. You don’t need a big budget to do these things, and they absolutely work.”Amazon Review (5 stars)
Employ the hiring strategy used by world-class teams in your business.
Save 50% with the coupon HireGreatPeople50
ABOUT THE COURSE LEADER
Simon Hartley is the Founder of Be World Class and a globally respected sport psychology consultant, performance coach and published author. He helps athletes and business people to get their mental game right.
For almost 30 years Simon has worked with gold medallists, world record holders, top five world-ranked professional athletes and championship-winning teams. He has worked at the highest level of sport, including spells in Premier League & Bundesliga football, Premiership rugby union, First Class County Cricket, Super League, golf, tennis, motor sport and with Great British Olympians.
Simon specialises in applying proven principles of sport psychology to real-world organisational challenges including recruitment. This has included projects with some of the world’s leading corporations and foremost executives.
Since 2011, Simon has also published a number of highly acclaimed books and become an award-winning professional speaker.
The Hire Great People programme has been developed in partnership with Be World Class. Headstar has worked closely with Simon for several years, delivering joint events and embedding these principles into our own recruitment approach.
FAQs
Who is this programme for?
HR leaders, talent acquisition teams, internal recruiters and hiring managers responsible for building high-performing teams.
How long does the programme take?
There are around 4 hours of video content in the course, in addition to 3 hour-long live interactive masterclasses on Zoom. In addition, there are a number of practical workbook exercises which help you to establish a plan of how to apply your learnings to your organisation. In total, including this self-directed learning it is estimated to take approximately 14.25 hours to complete.
Is the programme CPD accredited?
Yes, the Hire Great People Programme is independently accredited through The CPD Certification Service. This practical programme provides 14.25 hours of recognised CPD learning. You will receive your CPD certificate upon completion of the course following the final Zoom masterclass.
How do the live sessions work?
Participants are invited to join three live online masterclasses on Zoom with Simon Hartley. These include group coaching, interactive discussions and the opportunity to ask Simon for additional advice which is relevant to your organisation. You will receive details about the dates of these sessions after you have signed up.
Still have questions?
If you have any other questions that are not covered in the FAQs above, please contact our Customer Support team on hello@hiregreatpeople.co.uk.
Employ the hiring strategy used by world-class teams in your business.
Save 50% with the coupon HireGreatPeople50
WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT THE COURSE
Hear directly from leaders and hiring professionals who have taken part in the Hire Great People programme and the impact it has had on their hiring strategy
“This course with Simon was engaging, thought-provoking and he told it in such a simple way. The 5 easy steps that you can easily take away with you to create great teams.”
ARIO NEYSARI
Finance Director
RECENT CLIENTS INCLUDE
CPD Accredited Course (14.25 hours)
The CPD Accreditation for this course has been coordinated by Headstar who are a CPD provider.