HCI Certified Trainings

Through our partnership with HCI we help high-performing HR teams build strategic capabilities and deep functional expertise with 10 industry-recognized certification programs that can be delivered virtually or in-person. 

Our courses are highly interactive with real-world case studies and exercises that enable HR teams to work collaboratively together as they learn.

Programs can be scaled for small or large teams or rolled out across entire HR functions, and they can be customized to meet your HR team’s unique needs. 

Benefits 
We're here to help you achieve your training goals, build new skills and capabilities in your team, and grow HR's influence and impact in your organization. Each of HCI's learning opportunities are laser-focused on these outcomes.

Our HCI certified trainings offer you and your organization several key benefits in addition to our emphasis on strategy and research-based solutions. Here are just a few:

  • Budget-Friendly. We come to you, either on-site or online. Your budget will benefit from reduced costs for things like travel and excessive downtime. Plus, HCI's focus on strategic alignment means you're better able to make the case for training with decision-makers outside of HR. It's good for them, too.
  • Actionable Learning. Your team will engage in hands-on learning activities, work through proven case studies, and apply what they've learned to the challenges on their to-do lists today.
  • Continuity & Cohesion. Your team will work through challenges they're facing in real-time. As a group, they're immersed in the learning experience, building a common language and understanding of key concepts.
  • Scalability. Corporate Training engagements are scalable for both small and large organizations. Whether you have five HR teams around the world or one HR team of five, our educational opportunities are designed to benefit all.
  • Sustainment & Transformation. We know learning doesn't end when class ends. We'll help you encourage learning application through tools and templates, coaching and ongoing consulting, virtual faculty "office hours," executive briefings for non-HR stakeholders, and more.
     

Certified Programs

The Strategic Workforce Planning Certification Program will help you forecast and plan the workforce your organization will need to succeed in the future. Skill gaps or shortages. Turnover. An aging workforce. Changing business models. Managing talent risks and expenses. The complexity and urgency of these issues make it feel impossible to plan more than a few months out.

You need a way to develop and implement a workforce plan that is agile and dynamic enough to help your organization thrive in today’s environment—while at the same time establishing yourself as a strategic partner to the business.

HCI’s model takes workforce planning out of the theoretical realm and gives you a methodology and set of tools that you can implement right away—beginning in class. 

You'll Learn To:

Assess Your Organization’s Readiness
Find out where you stand so you can successfully implement and sustain workforce planning.

Align Your Strategy
Segment roles according to your organization’s strategy.

Scan The Environment
Look for internal and external factors that affect your ability to put the right talent in place.

Construct Data-Based Scenarios
Imagine what the future holds so you can prepare for it.

Develop an Action Plan
Compare where you are now with where you want to go. Make and monitor a plan to close the gaps.

 


 

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Use people and business data to make evidence-based talent decisions.

If you want to advance your HR career, you're going to need to build people analytics skills. In fact, recent research from LinkedIn shows a 61% year-over-year increase in the frequency with which HR Analytics is listed as a skill on professional profiles.

The People Analytics for HR (PAHR) certification program is built on brand new research and industry innovations in data and analytics.
You don't have to be a data analyst or an expert in statistical analysis. But you do need to know how to work with them. If there is one HR credential you can't afford not to have, it's People Analytics for HR.

You'll Learn To:

Consult and Collaborate
Work with key stakeholders to define organizational issues

Develop & Test Hypotheses
Balance intuition with an analytical mindset

Interpret People & Organizational Data
Identify patterns and check assumptions

Tell a Story about the Data
Leverage visualization and anticipate reactions

Connect to Organizational Outcomes
Align efforts with organizational strategy and measure impact

Benefits

Earn your HCI certification by attending all of the sessions, complete all classwork, and pass the multiple-choice exam with a score of 80% or higher 
Renew your HCI certification every three years by obtaining 60 credits 
Attend this training and earn 13.75 HCI, 13.75 HRCI, 13.75 SHRM, and 13 ATD recertification credits

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Create and grow high-performing HR teams through intention, interaction, and influence.
The Strategic HR Leadership Certification Program is a practical and hands-on course will help you to be a better people leader by improving your team's performance. You'll do real work in class, including linking your team's work to business strategy, analyzing your team's design and mapping rolls, and creating learning plans for your team. And of course, you'll practice giving feedback and coaching your team to improve their performance and engagement! You'll also receive 30 tools and templates that you can use right away to improve your leadership and your team's performance!

Increased Focus on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Diversity, equity and inclusion are critical in today's business environment, and HR leaders are expected to serve as role models in that regard. As such, we've included new research and content focused on important topics like:

  • Defining diversity, equity, and inclusion and their impact on people and performance 
  • Mitigating unconscious bias in the design and leadership of your team
  • Recognizing and valuing the many different dimensions of diversity
  • Creating more equitable environments
  • Increasing the feelings of belonging in your team, and
  • Building psychological safety that leads to better performance

Who Should Attend

  • Anyone who formally or informally leads a team
  • Anyone who wants to be a people leader in the future
  • Anyone whose team's performance needs improvement

You'll Learn To:

Assess Your Team Leadership Skills
Assess the degree to which you model effective communication, maintain accountability, develop team members, and act inclusively.
Form an action plan based on the results of the assessment.
 
Connect Teams to a Larger Purpose
Communicate how the team's work affects real people within or outside of the organization.
Articulate the business strategy and how your team contributes to it.
Set clear expectations with a team charter.

  • Intentionally Design Teams

Design a team to align with your organization's strategy.
Mitigate unconscious bias in the design and leadership of your team.

  • Optimize Team Interaction

Empower your team to choose how they accomplish work.
Grow and reinforce a team mindset.
Provide relevant, personalized, and continuous development opportunities to your team.
Continuously offer feedback to your team using a three-step model with follow-up.

  • Influence Outcomes

Develop executive presence.
Leverage relationships in your formal and informal networks.
Evaluate outcomes and behaviors.
Model the right leadership behaviors.

What to Expect

Earn your HCI certification by attending all sessions, completing all classwork, and passing the multiple-choice exam with a score of 80% or higher 
Renew your HCI certification every three years by obtaining 60 credits 
Attend this training and earn 13.5 HRCI Business credits, 13.5 SHRM PDC’s, 13.5 HCI credits, and 12 ATD recertification credits
 

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The Change Management for HR Certification Program will help you identify and build the capabilities people need to navigate change successfully. You’ll walk away with tools and an action plan for your next change initiative. Change happens. Guide people through change to accelerate business success.

Who Should Attend
Now, more than ever, change is an essential competency for anyone in HR. Whether you are a leader, a generalist, or in a center of excellence, you'll learn tools and techniques that are immediately actionable and relevant.

You'll Learn To:

Partner with the Business
Partner with the business to successfully manage change.

Explore the Role of HR During Change
Distinguish among the three different roles that HR can play, and consider how to use each one.

Create an Action Plan
Develop an action plan for your next change initiative that includes human-centered design, communication, and coaching. 

Benefits:

Earn your HCI certification by attending all of the sessions, complete all classwork, and pass the multiple-choice exam with a score of 80% or higher 
Renew your HCI certification every three years by obtaining 60 credits 
Attend this training and earn 13 HCI, HRCI, SHRM, and ATD recertification credits

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Build credibility and become a high impact, strategic partner to your stakeholders. 
Are you ready to work as a strategic, high impact partner to your business and help make work better for people? Would you like to move from being reactive to proactive? To increase your credibility through your business and financial acumen? To enhance collaboration with your clients and CoEs? To work as a trusted advisor?
The Strategic HR Business Partner Certification Program can help. Our course has been designed just for you by experts in HR and learning.
Our proprietary research has determined the strategic mindsets and skillsets necessary for you to advance both your career and your organization. We know the best practices of high-performing HR organizations and we’ve made it easy for you to incorporate them into your work.
During our intensive 3-day certification program, you will be immersed in a highly interactive, hands-on learning experience and equipped with processes and tools necessary to put ideas into action.
Best of all? You’ll be able to work on a real business challenge during class and consult with our expert facilitators and your colleagues.

You'll Learn To:
 
Prepare
Work credibly with clients to support organizational strategies

Partner
Develop collaborative relationships that impact business outcomes

Perform
Implement and measure the effectiveness of talent management initiatives and solutions

Benefits:

Earn your HCI certification by attending all of the sessions, complete all classwork, and pass the multiple-choice exam with a score of 80% or higher 
Renew your HCI certification every three years by obtaining 60 credits 
Attend this training and earn 19.5 HCI, 19.5 HRCI, 19.5 SHRM, and 18 ATD recertification credits
 

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Attract, assess, and acquire talent that will accelerate your business strategy.
Looking to earn an industry-recognized certification and advance your career as a talent acquisition professional. We’ve got just the program for you!
Our newly redesigned Strategic Talent Acquisition Certification Program features case studies, trends, best practices, and the latest innovations in the field.
Using our five-step framework, you'll work on your own talent acquisition strategy in class while you network with other practitioners and receive guidance from your HCI faculty. 
And, the best part? You’ll leave with an action plan and tools that support on-the-job implementation.

You'll Learn To:

Align
Align your overall talent acquisition strategy with your organization's business strategy and initiatives.

Attract
Attract a diverse pool of candidates and build pipelines by cultivating internal and external networks and relationships, and capitalizing on recruitment technologies, and social media.

Assess
Fairly assess candidates against objective standards while mitigating the effects of unconscious bias.

Acquire
Acquire the right candidates by delivering a positive candidate experience combined with the right compensation elements.

Analyze
Analyze data to monitor and measure the success of STA strategy, initiatives, and programs.

Benefits

Earn your HCI certification by attending all of the sessions, complete all classwork, and pass the multiple-choice exam with a score of 80% or higher 
Renew your HCI certification every three years by obtaining 60 credits 
Attend this training and earn 13 HRCI Business, 13 SHRM PDC's, 13 HCI credits, and 13 ATD recertification credits

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Cultivate a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture where everyone can do their best work.
HR professionals and leaders understand the importance of DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) and strive to continuously improve it in their organizations, but many are uncertain about where to get started or how to fully embed it in their talent management practices.
Over the past several years, HCI has examined the practices of high-performing organizations to understand how they are cultivating and measuring diversity equity, inclusion and belonging, and we've used that research to develop our newest certification program.
During this 3-day Strategic Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Certification Program, you will be immersed in a highly interactive, hands-on learning experience and equipped with processes and tools necessary to put diversity, equity, and inclusion into action in your organization.
Best of all? You’ll work on a real business challenge during class and consult with our expert facilitators and your colleagues.

You'll Learn To:

Align and Assess
Make the business case for DEI initiatives and audit your organization's current culture and practices

Plan
Integrate DEI initiatives into strategic workforce planning

Acquire
Attract, assess, and acquire a diverse employee base that can execute business strategies

Engage and Develop
Create a culture and employee experience that is inclusive and equitable for all, including on-going and organization-wide DEI training

Measure
Measure the business impact of DEI strategies using business metrics

Benefits
Earn your HCI certification by attending all of the sessions, complete all classwork, and pass the multiple-choice exam with a score of 80% or higher 
Renew your HCI certification every three years by obtaining 60 credits 
Attend this training and earn 19.5 HCI, 19.5 HRCI, 19.5 SHRM, and 18 ATD recertification credits (pending approval)

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Build the talent and leadership pipeline your organization needs for sustainable future growth
Succession planning is an objective, intentional, and systematic effort to ensure leadership continuity by identifying and developing current and future leaders who will lead and execute the organization's strategic priorities. In other words, it helps current leaders and HR stakeholders answer these two critical questions: Who should lead? And when?
We also believe that building a strong leadership pipeline requires talent that is nurtured and developed at all levels and in alignment with an organization's business strategy. This is the best way to ensure individual readiness and support future growth.
The NEW Succession Planning & Talent Development Certification Program is designed to help you align your organization's succession planning and talent development efforts with your business strategy by using a practical but compelling framework to guide your team's efforts.

You'll Learn To

Purpose
Define succession planning objectives that solve for current challenges and align with organizational strategies

Level
Understand the needs of your talent segments and target organizational levels intentionally

Assess
Identify leaders objectively with data and analytics and evaluate performance of succession planning objectives

Nurture
Develop continuously to ensure retention and readiness for current and future roles

Benefits

Earn your HCI certification by attending all of the sessions, complete all classwork, and pass the multiple-choice exam with a score of 80% or higher 
Renew your HCI certification every three years by obtaining 60 credits 
Attend this training and earn 13 HCI, 13 HRCI, 13 SHRM, and 12 ATD recertification credits
 

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Drive engagement and performance by creating a coaching culture throughout your organization.
Your organization needs managers and leaders who use coaching skills to empower employees to achieve goals. But does it give those managers and leaders the tools and knowledge to coach effectively? Does it hold them accountable for the impact coaching has on teams and the business?
The Coaching for Engagement & Performance Certification Program is not about how to coach. Instead, it gives you a scalable, actionable framework to build coaching skills and abilities into the fabric of your organization, transforming the manager-employee relationship, and driving measurable business results.
The business impact is real. Research has shown that year over year, organizations that effectively leverage coaching realize higher revenue growth than peer companies that don’t embrace coaching. By equipping employees with the tools and knowledge to respond, problem-solve, and adapt in real-time, managers and leaders realize tangible benefits such as improved team functioning, increased engagement, faster leadership development, and increased productivity.
 
You'll Learn To:

Influence Workplace Culture
Learn to be more effective in your use of coaching across the organization.

Implement a Coaching Approach
Apply innovative and practical models, tools, and techniques for embedding coaching behaviors and activities in your organization.

Improve Organizational Results
Learn to improve organizational results through coaching among all employees.

Integrate and Communicate Your Approach
Emphasize the competencies and tools managers and leaders need. Change the negative perception that coaching is a remedial measure.

Benefits
Earn your HCI certification by attending all of the sessions, complete all classwork, and pass the multiple-choice exam with a score of 80% or higher 
Renew your HCI certification every three years by obtaining 60 credits 
Attend this training and earn 13 HCI, 13 HRCI, 13 SHRM, and 12 ATD recertification credits

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What Every HR Professional Needs to Know About Business Strategy!
Business strategy is the foundation on which human capital strategy is built. It drives how you plan, acquire, engage, and develop talent in your organization.

Can you answer "yes" to every one of these questions?

  • Do you really understand your organization’s business strategy?
  • Do you know what problem your company solves for your customers?
  • Can you describe what differentiates you from competitors?
  • Are you able to confidently discuss this with your HR colleagues, business partners, and leaders?
  • Most importantly, do you understand your business strategy well enough to align your human capital strategy in ways that will accelerate your business results?

Who Should Attend?

This workshop is for anyone involved in planning, acquiring, engaging, or developing talent in an organization. It’s for HR professionals who want to develop a deeper understanding of business strategy in order to better align their human capital efforts and drive value for their organization.

You’ll Learn To:

  •  Understand the most useful and common business strategy models
  • Ensure business and human capital strategy alignment and optimization
  • Be confident in engaging your business partners, clients, and leaders in strategy conversations
  • Accelerate business results through the alignment of business and human capital strategy
  • Clearly and confidently articulate strategic plans, competitive landscape, and points of competitive distinction/differentiation

Benefits
Interactive and outcome focused
Offered virtually as a 4 hour session
Supports HRCI, SHRM, and ATD Recertification
Earn 4 HRCI Business credits, 4 SHRM PDC’s, 4 HCI credits, and 4 ATD recertification credits

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Trainers

Ron Thomas International Country Manager: Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific Region

Bill Craib Senior Vice President of Enterprise Learning

Mark Hacker Faculty

Susan DeFazio Faculty

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