HR training course
HR Strategy & Business Acumen
How to read the financial and operational drivers of the business and position HR as a lever for results, not a cost center.
One of 5 required courses in the Strategic HR Certificate. Buy it on its own, or register for the full certificate series to take all 5 together at a lower price.
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What you’ll learn
Participants leave ready to
- Interpret an SMB P&L to locate the people-cost lines that matter to leadership
- Diagnose a business problem and name the people pattern underneath it
- Construct a leadership-ask response that leads with business judgment, then people expertise
- Build an HR Strategy Snapshot that ties people metrics to a business goal
- Critique their own Snapshot against the first question a non-HR leader would ask
About this course
What this course covers
The course covers interpreting an SMB profit-and-loss statement, translating people issues into business language, and building an HR Strategy Snapshot that ties people metrics to a named business goal. The aim is for HR's contribution to land with leadership as a partner's, not a function's.
Who should attend. Mid-career HR practitioners and managers ready to connect people decisions to business outcomes.
Your facilitator
Who teaches this course
Linda Hunter
Senior HR Advisor
Linda is a Senior HR Advisor at Catapult, where she advises member employers on employee relations, benefits administration, compensation and payroll, leave of absence, performance management, and recruiting and onboarding. Her industry experience spans banking, hospitality and food service, and call centers.
See the full team of Catapult HR Advisors.
Good to know
Course questions
It is delivered live online. The session runs 3 hours.
A single seat is $309 for members and $390 for non-members. It is also included with a Class Pass.
Next: Dec 1 · 1 upcoming date. Pick a date from the list above to register.
Yes. Private delivery is available for your organization, scheduled around your calendar, live online or on site.
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