Advanced Human Resource Executive Program

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Create Sustainable Value for Your Employees, Business, Customers, Investors, and Communities

With technology, globalization, and a new generation of leaders shaping the world of work, an effective HR function plays a critical role in keeping businesses like yours competitive and sustainable. Partner with Michigan Ross, a leading HR executive education provider, and learn the latest best practices for developing and retaining top talent, creating and implementing business-focused HR strategies, and generating stronger economic and customer value. Gain a deep understanding of how to turn your corporate strategy into HR priorities and create sustainable value for your employees, customers, and shareholders.
 

WHAT SETS THIS PROGRAM APART

  • Dynamic Curriculum Approach. Session topics that are in sync with industry shifts impacting your business, including generative AI and employee burnout.
  • Value Creation. Focus on creating value for all stakeholders, including employees, businesses, customers, investors, and communities. 
  • Research-based. Ideas presented are based on rigorous research.
  • World-Class Faculty. Learn from thought-leaders who have defined the latest thinking being used in leading organizations today.

SHARE YOUR SUCCESS

Participants also earn two credits toward our Distinguished Leader Certificate Program. We invite you to connect with us to learn more about the credentialing options for which you may qualify. 

Who Should Attend
  • C-level and Senior HR and talent executives
  • Group, Global, or Executive Director of HR
  • Heads of corporate universities or corporate learning
  • General Managers who recognize the importance of HR to business success

Functional areas include human resources, talent management, learning and development, and corporate university. 

Let’s discuss how this program can help you achieve your goals.

Contact us at [email protected] or call 734-763-1000​

Program Structure*

In this engaging experience, you will learn the playbook for value-added HR, apply the ideas to audit your HR function and prepare a specific action plan for implementing change. Faculty experts who have worked to apply their ideas in multiple firms will facilitate lively discussions with participants to help you learn from and build a global network of HR professionals who represent the world’s most successful organizations.

topics covered in this program include:

  • Introduction | Business Strategy
  • HR’s Value Proposition 
  • HR Metrics and Generative AI
  • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion | Employee Mental Health and Burnout
  • HR Evolution
  • Assessment Review and Personal Strategic Planning
  • Program Leadership
  • Executive Compensation | State of the HR Profession
  • Talent Advantage | HR for HR
  • Global Strategy | Your Leadership Brand

*Session topics are illustrative and subject to change.


The Experts

Expert Michigan Ross faculty convert research-based insights into actionable outcomes. Learn from the same faculty who teach in our highly-ranked degree programs. 

Lindy Greer
Associate Professor
Faculty Director, Sanger Leadership Center

Ethan Kross
Professor of Management & Organizations, Ross School of Business
Director, Self-Control and Emotion Laboratory
Chair, Social Psychology Area
Professor of Psychology, University of Michigan
Faculty Lead of Innovation, Eisenberg Family Depression Center

Christopher Rider
Thomas C Kinnear Professor and Associate Professor of Strategy

Gwen Yu
Professor of Accounting
Michael and Joan Sakkinen Faculty Fellow
Accounting Faculty Doctoral Coordinator

Faculty Note: Selected faculty will teach in each program session.


Credential

After successful program completion, you will earn 2 credits toward the Distinguished Leader Certificate from Michigan Ross Executive Education.

  • Gain exposure to frameworks from the latest HR research that defines HR value creation with specific and prioritized investments in talent, leadership, organization, and HR.
  • Include human capability conversations with all stakeholders with specific actions and measurements that make a difference.
  • Understand strategies for entering global markets and managing multinational cultures.
  • Identify metrics to better measure HR’s effectiveness in advancing business objectives.
  • Enhance your value as a member of your senior management team and as the leader of the human resource function.
  • Expand your knowledge of research-based next practices in HR.
  • Network with global HR professionals and business leaders from world-class organizations.
  • Create a comprehensive executive agenda to align your HR function and gain buy-in from key stakeholders.
  • Discover the latest AI insights and implications for HR leaders so you and your organization can navigate this new era with confidence and strategic clarity.

Coca Cola European Partners, Germany. Sanam Moayedi, Director, Procurement

Chromalloy Gas Turbines, USA, Sadie Wackett, HR Director -Global Operations

The program exceeded my expectations and changed the way I think about HR as a whole. If you’re looking for the best program in HR, this is the one. -

What differentiates this program from others is that you learn to apply the concepts to a real organization, not just review case studies.


Faculty
Professor for Management and Organizations
Michael R. and Mary Kay Hallman Fellow
Professor of Management & Organizations, Ross School of Business
Director, Self-Control and Emotion Laboratory
Chair, Social Psychology Area
Professor of Psychology, University of Michigan
Faculty Lead of Innovation, Eisenberg Family Depression Center
Thomas C. Kinnear Professor and Associate Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies
Professor of Accounting
Michael and Joan Sakkinen Faculty Fellow
Accounting Faculty Doctoral Coordinator

Tuition & Fees

The program fee includes tuition, instructional materials, living accommodations, continental breakfast, lunch, and coffee breaks each day, and selected dinners. Fee is payable in advance in US dollars, is net of any tax, and is subject to change. See our Cancellation, Transfer and Substitution Policy.

Note: Admission to this program is by application only. There are three ways to apply:

  1. click "Register Now" on this page and complete the application online;
  2. download the application and mail it back to us;
  3. call +1-734-763-1000, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm EST Monday through Friday and request a paper application be mailed to you.