Summary
Top companies manage their human capital as strategically as their financial capital—and bring their human resources leaders into the strategic decision-making process. This HR leadership program prepares you to apply your human capital insights to discussions with C-suite executives on strategic opportunities and direction, performance improvement, and competitive threats. You will return to your organization with the expertise and confidence to recommend bold moves and create business value.
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Summary
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Top companies manage their human capital as strategically as their financial capital—and bring their human resources leaders into the strategic decision-making process. This HR leadership program prepares you to apply your human capital insights to discussions with C-suite executives on strategic opportunities and direction, performance improvement, and competitive threats. You will return to your organization with the expertise and confidence to recommend bold moves and create business value.
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Become your organization's top resource for human capital strategyBecome your organization's top resource for human capital strategy
- Apply your human capital insights to discussions about strategic opportunities, differentiated capabilities, and competitive threats
- Find new ways to compete for and leverage the best talent
- Collaborate effectively with your CEO, COO, CFO, board of directors, and others on your senior leadership team
Create a more nimble and high-performing organization Create a more nimble and high-performing organization
- Anticipate, diagnose, and mitigate problems that arise in a growing organization
- Enable the successful execution of your organization's strategy
- Diagnose and address problems in service or business performance
- Strengthen leadership and teamwork capabilities—in yourself, your senior management team, and across the organization
Expand your personal and professional networkExpand your personal and professional network
- Extend your network by living and working with accomplished executives from various backgrounds, industries, and countries across the globe
- Build relationships with a diverse group of peers who can provide wide-ranging insights into your business challenges and career decisions
Who Should Attend
- Human resources leaders from midsize to large companies
- Senior executives who are on the path to becoming HR heads
- Particularly appropriate for: HR leaders who report to the CEO or are members of the top leadership team
- Not appropriate for: General managers
Program for Leadership Development participants earn 3 PLDA Points on completion of this program.
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Who Should Attend
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- Human resources leaders from midsize to large companies
- Senior executives who are on the path to becoming HR heads
- Particularly appropriate for: HR leaders who report to the CEO or are members of the top leadership team
- Not appropriate for: General managers
Program for Leadership Development participants earn 3 PLDA Points on completion of this program.
Learning and Living at HBS
When you participate in an Executive Education program on the HBS campus, you enter an immersive experience where every aspect of the learning model has been carefully designed to facilitate your growth. Your learning will take place on your own, in your living group, and in the larger classroom, driven by the renowned HBS case method.
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Learning and Living at HBS
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When you participate in an Executive Education program on the HBS campus, you enter an immersive experience where every aspect of the learning model has been carefully designed to facilitate your growth. Your learning will take place on your own, in your living group, and in the larger classroom, driven by the renowned HBS case method.
Admissions Criteria and Process
What You Will Learn
Through a rich learning experience that includes faculty presentations, case studies, simulations, and small group discussions, you will learn how human resources executives can play a central role in driving growth and achieving operational excellence. Throughout the program, you will have the opportunity to practice analyzing problems, collaborate with peers on strategies for creating business value, and learn what CEOs need from their human capital experts.
To help you apply your learning when you return to work, you will develop an action plan focused on your organization's strategic business challenges. This presentation, which you will fine-tune based on feedback from the HBS faculty and your program peers, will serve as the foundation for discussions with your organization's senior leadership team.
Participants should expect to spend at least 9-12 hours on self-paced case preparation prior to attending the program. Case materials will be made available approximately two weeks prior to program start.
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What You Will Learn
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Through a rich learning experience that includes faculty presentations, case studies, simulations, and small group discussions, you will learn how human resources executives can play a central role in driving growth and achieving operational excellence. Throughout the program, you will have the opportunity to practice analyzing problems, collaborate with peers on strategies for creating business value, and learn what CEOs need from their human capital experts.
To help you apply your learning when you return to work, you will develop an action plan focused on your organization's strategic business challenges. This presentation, which you will fine-tune based on feedback from the HBS faculty and your program peers, will serve as the foundation for discussions with your organization's senior leadership team.
Participants should expect to spend at least 9-12 hours on self-paced case preparation prior to attending the program. Case materials will be made available approximately two weeks prior to program start.
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Growth strategyGrowth strategy
- Addressing issues that typically arise in acquisition-led growth and organic growth
- Designing systems that improve the chances of success when implementing new business models or offerings
- Planning and leading organizational transformation
Operational excellenceOperational excellence
- Assessing and improving business performance
- Analyzing your company's business systems to diagnose performance problems and develop solutions
- Ensuring that employees have the skills and tools needed to operate effectively and efficiently
Service excellenceService excellence
- Developing service as a competitive differentiator
- Creating conditions that lead to brilliant service execution and thriving employees
- Improving service levels without raising costs
People leadership and teamworkPeople leadership and teamwork
- Creating a more effective senior management team
- Building strategies and business models that enable the organization to identify, develop, and retain top talent
- Evaluating and developing leaders at all levels of the organization
The HBS Advantage
Our Executive Education programs are developed and taught by HBS faculty who are widely recognized as skilled educators, groundbreaking researchers, and award-winning authors. Through their board memberships, consulting, and field-based research, they address the complex challenges facing business leaders across the globe.
C. D. Spangler Professor of Business Administration
UPS Foundation Professor of Service Management
Tandon Family Professor of Business Administration
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
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The HBS Advantage
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Our Executive Education programs are developed and taught by HBS faculty who are widely recognized as skilled educators, groundbreaking researchers, and award-winning authors. Through their board memberships, consulting, and field-based research, they address the complex challenges facing business leaders across the globe.
Faculty Chair
FacultyC. D. Spangler Professor of Business Administration
HBS Unit:Technology and Operations ManagementUPS Foundation Professor of Service Management
HBS Unit:Technology and Operations ManagementTandon Family Professor of Business Administration
HBS Unit:Negotiation, Organizations & MarketsAssistant Professor of Business Administration
HBS Unit:Organizational Behavior