Traditional people management strategies are underwhelming and outdated; they fail to keep up with the pace of technology, evolving skill sets, and an increasing global and remote workforce.

Effective talent management is hard work. People are complex, and the individual and collective issues within the workforce require a new set of skills and a more holistic approach to driving human capital. Change is constant, and HR practitioners must keep up to remain relevant.

HCI’s Human Capital Strategist Certification Program is a training and certification course designed to address the strategic issues at the intersection of human capital and business: maximizing talent strategies, implementing strategic workforce planning, engaging talent, and developing employees to their fullest potential. We help early career and new practitioners across the HR function explore and practice methods to add strategic value to their organizations.

• 2-day interactive session
• Offered in-person, online and in-house at your organization
• Course Level: 100
• Supports HRCI and SHRM recertification

HCS is built on a foundation of talent management research and best practices, and is guided by HCI’s Talent Management model. Throughout the class, you will participate with your peers in activities designed to help you practice new skills and apply them to your own work. HCI facilitators will provide developmental feedback to ensure you are learning new skills and are confident about how to use them on the job.

HCS is a highly interactive course that prepares new and entry-level human capital practitioners to move beyond tactical skills and into more strategic roles within their organizations and careers. You will see firsthand that effective talent management practices are critical to ensuring organizational strength and financial returns. You will explore HR in the context of the business, and learn how to align your work to support and inform organizational goals.

HCI’s extensive network of organizations, subject matter experts, and evidence-based research in the human capital field supplement this curriculum. You will hear from companies like PricewatershouseCooper about the global trends in talent you need to know about, and learn how organizations like Airbnb have redesigned their recruitment strategy. This course will help you build a roadmap to influence human capital management drivers and create a competitive advantage in your organization.

• Explain how good talent management is a competitive advantage and its worth to your organization
• Determine the strategies and processes necessary to move from tactical to strategic talent management
• Identify best practices for each of the components and how you might use them at your organization

• Human Resources

  • Talent Management is the strategic dimension of traditional HR, and is the future of the field. Human Resources professionals must understand the nuances of this area, and recognize how they can become experts in it to increase the value of their organization and advance their own careers.

• Recruitment and Sourcing

  • Long-term, effective recruitment is about strategy, not commodity sourcing. Strong sourcing and access to critical talent pools have a direct effect on business outcomes. Recruiters and sourcing professionals need to see and understand how their work connects to the talent management lifecycle—and business success.

• Learning and Development

  • Industrial era management practices are ineffective at best, and detrimental at worst. Talent leadership is the goal for organizational development and learning functions. Every manager in an organization must implement talent practices, and it is HR’s responsibility to ensure the workforce has the knowledge, training, and support required to do it effectively.

Human Capital Institute provides solutions that advance the practice of human capital and strategic talent management. We are a global clearinghouse and catalyst for new ideas and next practices, and a resource for the most progressive organizations and executives in the world, with over 20,000 participants trained through our education programs.

HCI courses use the most current insights, perspectives, and original research to create a highly adaptive, interactive, and collaborative learning experience that incorporates:

• Intense focus on building strategic perspective and enabling better decision-making.
• Guided action planning to ensure on-the-job utilization and produce measurable results.
• A blended, learner-centered approach to maximize engagement and outcomes.
• An extensive library of learning resources and comprehensive toolkits for deeper learning and application.