As HR functions take on greater strategic importance, their leaders need additional skills. They are challenged to:

• Understand where the organization is headed and use the HR function to help lead the way.
• Influence senior business leaders and leverage HR's perspective and potential.
• Support the business strategy and planning process - and carry out effective talent strategies.

What Will I Learn?

Leadership Development for HR Professionals gives leaders new skills to fuel themselves — and the organization.

Leadership Development for HR Professionals focuses on unique context and needs of leading and growing a strategic human resources function. Leaders in the program explore:

• Self-awareness.

Participants understand leadership behaviors and their impact, identify strengths and development needs, and create development goals and plans.

• Engaging and influencing.

Participants gain fresh perspectives and specific how-to's to maximize HR's impact on the organization.

• Building organizational capability and culture.

Participants examine the HR role as a credible activist, capability builder, a facilitator of organizational change and key player in executing business strategy.

Attending Leadership Development for HR Professionals also gives participants the opportunity to:

• Create a plan of action to address a complex organizational challenge.
• Stimulate personal and career growth through a targeted, highly personalized developmental experience in the company of their peers.
• Network with other human resources professionals.
• Apply and extend the learning with access to online job aids and a resource library.