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Course Description

Employees increasingly expect a consumer-quality experience at work—shaped not only by programs and policies - but by leadership behaviors, systems, culture, and everyday interactions. The Employee Value Proposition (EVP) reflects this total experience, and HR Business Partners play a critical role in helping organizations deliver on it.

This course builds HRBPs’ capability to partner with business leaders as co-creators of the employee experience. Participants explore how employer brand, employee experience, and culture intersect, and how consumer-driven and design thinking approaches can be used to surface meaningful insights about employee needs. A core focus is helping HRBPs frame the right problems before jumping to solutions and influence leaders to close gaps between the intended and lived experience.

Key Takeaways

  • Understand the HRBP’s role in shaping employee experience and organizational culture
  • Apply consumer-driven and design thinking principles to uncover employee needs and friction points
  • Develop clear, well-scoped problem statements that define gaps in the employee experience
  • Partner with leaders to prioritize actions that strengthen delivery of the EVP and culture promise

Agenda

Enrollment includes all sessions listed below. 

Four-Session Course | April 7-28, 2026

April 7, 2026

10:00–11:30 AM ET

Session 1 - CAHRS HRBP Certificate Program | Employee Experience

April 14, 2026

10:00–11:30 AM ET

Session 2 - CAHRS HRBP Certificate Program | Employee Experience

April 21, 2026

10:00–11:30 AM ET

Session 3 - CAHRS HRBP Certificate Program | Employee Experience

April 28, 2026

10:00–11:30 AM ET

Session 4 - CAHRS HRBP Certificate Program | Employee Experience

Course Instructor

Chris Collins

  • Professor, Human Resource Studies
  • Director of ILR's MILR Program