Strategic HR Business Partnering Program
Identify Critical Business Challenges. Design Solutions. Meet Business Challenges.
We coach your team to take meaningful action.
Collaborate with Cornell faculty and with teams from a diverse set of companies for this action-learning program to shape creative, business-driven solutions for your organizations.
Collaborate with Cornell faculty and with teams from a diverse set of companies for this action-learning program to shape creative, business-driven solutions for your organizations.
With your chosen team of HR business partners and COE/specialists (intact, matrix or project-based), you'll partner with Cornell faculty to develop value-added solutions for one of your company's critical business challenges.
During the program, our faculty will provide research, case studies and tools to help participants understand the relationship between business imperatives and talent investments. As part of guided discussions, teams will also brainstorm ideas, learn and share best practices, and exchange feedback with other teams.
As part of this immersive three-day experience, you will:
- Bring a real-world project to work on and leave with an action plan to implement change
- Participate in thought-intensive team-building exercises
- Receive personalized guidance from faculty, benefiting from their depth of HR content expertise
- Enjoy time for invaluable in-person networking with professional peers
Each day, post-session, teams will synthesize the day's learnings regarding their projects and, with faculty supervision, identify HR solutions to take back to their respective organizations.
Learning Objectives:
- Differentiate business strategy models and growth opportunities
- Assess talent gaps and evaluate strategic HR options
- Integrate systems thinking to optimize performance
- Adopt a design thinking approach to develop solutions
- Leverage internal HR partnerships effectively
- Identify metrics to gauge ROI
Who Should Participate
Your chosen team of HR business partners and COE/specialists
Recognition of Achievement
Certificate of Completion from the Cornell ILR School
Earn Continuing Education Credits
This program qualifies for Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) credits or Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI) credits.
Recertification credits are awarded upon successful completion of this program.
Schedule and Price
Dates and Location
Three-day program
Spring 2021
Cornell University
ILR New York City Conference Center
570 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY
Program Fee*
Teams of 4 or 5: $30,000
Teams of 6: $34,000
*CAHRS members receive a partner discount
Program Details
Day 1
Business-Driven HR Strategies
Explore how to align HR and business strategies to drive performance
Understand how to differentiate business strategies and growth opportunities
Study frameworks for evaluating strategic choices
Team Working Sessions: Reframing organization-specific business challenge
Day 2
Consultative Approach to Developing HR Solutions
Learn how to apply systems thinking to drive performance
Practice techniques for assessing talent gaps and implications for HR strategies
See how to extract and communicate data-driven insights to influence change
Team Working Sessions: Identifying a strategic approach to solution development
Day 3
Action Plan Presentation and Feedback
Use talent management solutions to work through challenges
Apply effective methods for measuring ROI
Employ design thinking to develop creative HR solutions
Final Team Presentations: Developing an innovative plan of action