This course contains the use of artificial intelligence.
HR leadership starts with a business direction and a clear commitment from the HR function. Without it, HR runs processes well and is still left out of decisions. Here are 79 tools to change that: 59 ready-to-use question lists, templates, checklists and procedures, 13 services shown on screen, 4 working files and 3 models.
Open a lecture, take the template, and align your HR goals with the business this month.
Why HR is left out of decisions
HR plans are built from HR activities, not from business goals. Executives see HR as support, the function has no agreed priorities, and HR leaders do not plan their own careers the way they plan everyone else’s.
What changes after this course
Your HR strategy is aligned with the business, the function has clear goals and owners, and you work with executives on shared decisions. You also plan your own development, mentoring and personal brand as an HR leader.
What is inside: 79 tools, counted lecture by lecture
You do not have to take this number on trust. Open any lecture and read its description: every tool inside is listed there by name.
- 15 downloadable resources: lecture presentations plus 4 working files: an HR strategy alignment map, an HR function goals plan, an HR executive collaboration brief and an HR transformation readiness brief
- 59 ready-to-use tools inside the presentations:
- 22 question lists and scripts: HR mandate review, function goal approval, securing executive commitment, trust during digital change
- 20 templates and sample documents: HR strategy alignment map, HR function goals plan, HR executive collaboration brief, HR transformation readiness brief
- 7 checklists: recognising strengths and weaknesses, meeting attendance decisions, personal brand audit
- 7 step-by-step procedures: career backcasting, communication planning, conference speaker development
- 3 scorecards, rubrics and matrices: executive consultation outcomes, career options matrix, key message prioritisation
- 3 models and methods explained with examples: CliftonStrengths talent domains, Boundaryless HR
- 13 services shown on screen, including LinkedIn, CliftonStrengths, HIGH5, Hogan Assessments and Photofeeler
Where the tools are
HR leadership (4 sections, 22 tools). The strategic role, goals, executive collaboration and digital transformation.
Your HR career (2 sections, 32 tools). Goals, skills, progression, mentoring and coaching.
Personal brand (1 section, 25 tools). Branding, CVs and interview positioning for HR leaders.
Who is teaching
I am Mike, the #1 HR instructor on Udemy, with 1,800,000+ course enrollments from 170,000 students, and the author of about 200 books on Amazon. I built the people system at Preply as it became a unicorn and worked at Wargaming, iDeals and Alfa-Bank across 20 years in HR. I hold PHRi, SHRM-CP and HCI sHRBP certifications and represent HRCI in Eastern Europe.
Dave Ulrich described four HR roles: administrative expert, employee champion, change agent and strategic partner. An HR director should be a strategic partner, but operations pull you into other roles. At the STB TV channel we had many people, many goals and ambitions, and few resources, so I had to go deep into operations before I could work on strategy.
How to use the course
Start with the HR leadership sections, then plan your own career and personal brand. Section and lecture titles show how many tools are inside, and each lecture description lists them by name.
What is included
- 12 lectures across 8 sections, 6.5 hours
- 15 downloadable resources: lecture presentations and 4 working files
- 79 tools across the lessons, including 13 services shown on screen
- A 10-question practice test, a quiz and a role play
- Lifetime access to all materials
- Active instructor support in the Q&A section
- A Udemy Certificate of Completion
Where to start
Write down the three business goals of your company this year and one HR goal for each, then open the first lecture. Enrol now and start your first lesson today.
