Strategic HR Business Partner (Cohort I)

During this week you will review the program's material, familiarize yourself with the dashboard, review the complete syllabus and connect with your team members. On this date and time, we will also have a LIVE orientation session. This session will give you further details into the structure of the program, the dashboard and respond to all of your questions as well.

This class focuses on mastering the language of business and effectively translating it into HR strategy and operations. The four learning objectives of this class include: understanding key business terminologies and metrics, interpreting business objectives to align with HR functions, integrating HR strategies seamlessly with broader organizational goals, and applying practical tools and case studies to reinforce HR’s strategic impact. This course is designed to equip HR Business Partners with the skills needed to bridge the gap between HR and business functions, ensuring that HR initiatives are in complete harmony with the organization’s needs. Participants will engage in practical exercises that enhance their ability to translate business language into actionable HR strategies, thereby driving greater value and strategic impact within their roles.

This class focuses on equipping HR Business Partners with the skills to influence business leaders to adopt a people-first agenda, enhancing organizational performance. The four learning objectives of this class include: understanding the significance of a people-first approach in driving business success, mastering communication techniques to articulate the benefits of this approach, developing influential leadership skills to advocate effectively, and engaging in interactive role-playing to strengthen advocacy in practical scenarios. This class enables HR Business Partners to position employees at the heart of strategic decision-making, demonstrating how a people-centric focus can optimize both employee satisfaction and organizational outcomes.

This class focuses on the strategic role of HR Business Partners in merging people and culture with performance and strategy to drive business success. The four learning objectives of this class include: understanding the strategic impact of HR Business Partners within the business framework, exploring the integration of people and culture initiatives with organizational objectives, applying practical insights to enhance employee engagement and performance, and utilizing case studies to develop strategies that align operational HR practices with overarching business goals. This class equips HR Business Partners with the skills to connect the dots between operational excellence and strategic vision, ensuring that human resource initiatives support and advance the business agenda effectively.

This class focuses on the collaborative role of HR Business Partners in co-creating and co-owning the people agenda alongside business leaders and teams. The four learning objectives of this class include: understanding the importance of joint ownership in shaping the people agenda, mastering techniques to influence and engage business leaders effectively, developing skills to foster collaboration in matters related to people and culture, and applying interactive simulations to align HR initiatives with both organizational goals and employee needs. HR Business Partners will learn to navigate and facilitate partnerships that enhance strategic alignment and drive the cultural and people-centric objectives of the organization.

During this week there will not be a class, but we will work collaboratively (and asynchronously) with all cohort participants to summarize lessons learned, experiences, insights, questions and ideas about the previous classes. In addition, we will focus on preparing for the following classes and the assessments. This week is "light touch" (that is why we call it a "break"), but it is not a complete "break".

This class focuses on enhancing the coaching and consulting skills of HR Business Partners to effectively support leaders, managers, and teams. The four learning objectives of this class include: understanding the fundamentals of effective coaching, designing a culture of coaching within the organization, increasing proficiency in coaching skills, competencies, and capabilities, and engaging organizational champions to adopt and promote coaching roles. HR Business Partners will explore strategies to develop robust coaching frameworks that facilitate leadership development and support organizational growth, ensuring they are equipped to drive meaningful change and performance improvement across all levels of the organization.

This class focuses on the pivotal role of HR Business Partners in guiding business leaders to prioritize people and culture as drivers of performance and strategic success. The four learning objectives of this class include: understanding the impact of people and culture on organizational performance and strategy, developing strategies to support business leaders in fostering a high-performance culture, fostering collaborative partnerships between HR and business leaders to achieve strategic goals, and gaining insights on how to influence top-level decision-makers to integrate people-centric approaches in their leadership. HR Business Partners will learn through interactive discussions and real-world examples how to effectively align human resources initiatives with broader business objectives to catalyze organizational success.

This class focuses on the critical role of HR Business Partners in mastering people analytics to enhance HR effectiveness and strategic impact. The four learning objectives of this class include: understanding the fundamentals of people analytics, developing skills in data analysis to support evidence-based HR decisions, integrating data-driven practices into HR strategies, and leveraging data to align HR practices with business objectives. HR Business Partners will engage in hands-on exercises and practical examples, gaining proficiency in fostering a culture of data-driven decision-making within their organizations.

This class focuses on enabling HR Business Partners to master the art of communicating with data, combining analytics with storytelling to effectively engage business leaders and teams. The four learning objectives of this class include: mastering data communication techniques to influence decision-making, honing storytelling skills to craft compelling narratives using people data, translating data into actionable insights for strategic discussions, and fostering collaboration between HR and business stakeholders through data-driven engagement. HR Business Partners will participate in hands-on exercises and analyze real-world examples to enhance their proficiency in using people data to drive meaningful organizational outcomes.

During this week you will complete the final assessment to receive your diploma of completion. You have to complete the assessment no later than Friday of this week. The system will close on Friday, at midnight Pacific Time Zone, and it will not reopen again.

This is graduation day! Join us for a (virtual) gathering to celebrate this accomplishment!