Yale School of Management Executive Education
Human Resources Leadership
- Innovative curriculum: Lead your organization through the future of work with a curriculum built around shifting talent expectations.
- Fully online: Attend live sessions and benefit from weekly asynchronous modules, videos, real-world case studies, and assignments.
- Expert faculty and a global network: Learn from industry leaders who are experts in their respective fields. Receive 1:1 support and expand your global network.
Start date
30 September 2026
93%
Cohort-based learning
Group learning, expert guidance
6 weeks
Excluding orientation
English
Access resources from start date
6–8 hours per week
Self-paced learning online
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Program overview
In 2025, low employee engagement cost the world economy approximately $10 trillion in lost productivity, or 9% of GDP.
Gallup (2026).
Based on HR employee surveys, 20% of employees on average are dissatisfied with their employers.
McKinsey & Company (Jun, 2025).
Duration: 6 weeks (excluding orientation)
In today's rapidly changing business environment, jobs are being automated at an unprecedented pace. Being able to reskill, adapt, and take on new roles has become crucial for employees to successfully navigate the future of work. This shift in labor requires organizations to reevaluate their talent management practices and implement a more holistic approach that empowers and optimizes human capital.
Discover how to develop a human capital strategy that drives success in the Human Resources Leadership online program from the Executive Education team at the Yale School of Management (SOM). The program takes a sequential approach, exploring the key workforce management questions surrounding talent acquisition, role alignment, and learning and development. By the end of the six-week program, you'll have a practical action plan to navigate the rapidly changing world of work.
Is this program for you?
This online Yale SOM Executive Education Human Resources Leadership program is aimed at HR leaders who want to align their human capital planning with their organization’s business operations to stay competitive.
Designed to provide high-level strategy, it is ideal for management, leadership, and decision-making professionals, entrepreneurs, and small-to-medium business owners. Additionally, human resources, learning, and design professionals seeking to act as competent business talent advisers can benefit from this program while staying agile and up-to-date on industry trends. Participants can also use this program to expand their knowledge, develop strategic leadership skills, and achieve personal growth.
Program overview
Program overview
Duration: 6 weeks (excluding orientation)
In today's rapidly changing business environment, jobs are being automated at an unprecedented pace. Being able to reskill, adapt, and take on new roles has become crucial for employees to successfully navigate the future of work. This shift in labor requires organizations to reevaluate their talent management practices and implement a more holistic approach that empowers and optimizes human capital.
Discover how to develop a human capital strategy that drives success in the Human Resources Leadership online program from the Executive Education team at the Yale School of Management (SOM). The program takes a sequential approach, exploring the key workforce management questions surrounding talent acquisition, role alignment, and learning and development. By the end of the six-week program, you'll have a practical action plan to navigate the rapidly changing world of work.
Is this program for you?
This online Yale SOM Executive Education Human Resources Leadership program is aimed at HR leaders who want to align their human capital planning with their organization’s business operations to stay competitive.
Designed to provide high-level strategy, it is ideal for management, leadership, and decision-making professionals, entrepreneurs, and small-to-medium business owners. Additionally, human resources, learning, and design professionals seeking to act as competent business talent advisers can benefit from this program while staying agile and up-to-date on industry trends. Participants can also use this program to expand their knowledge, develop strategic leadership skills, and achieve personal growth.
Get this course for your team
Leading organisations recognise the value of this course and invest in it to enhance their employees' skills and expertise.
What will set you apart
A competitive people-focused strategy encompassing talent acquisition, performance management, and workforce transformation.
Practical skills to build a human capital action plan that helps you manage workforce transformation and prepare for the future of work, keeping your organization ahead of the change — not catching up with it.
A different, more strategic perspective on talent, culture, and organizational design with the confidence and credibility to lead, not just advise.
Access to the exclusive Yale School of Management Executive Education Community group on LinkedIn upon successful completion of your program.Program curriculum
Orientation module
Welcome to your Online Campus
Module 1
Creating a sustainable competitive advantage through people
Module 2
Talent acquisition
Module 3
Diversity, equity, and inclusion
Module 4
Talent and performance management
Module 5
Organizational design, mission, and culture
Module 6
Workforce transformation and the future of work
What past students
think
Pierre-Edouard O.
CEO, The Vanguard Trust House
"The material was useful for understanding modern leadership and how people, trust, and technology work together. It helped me improve how I look at organizational culture and made me even more sure that the future of work must stay very human."
Program Convener
James Baron
William S. Beinecke Professor of Management, Yale School of Management
About the certificate
Prepare for the future of work and earn an official certificate of participation from the Executive Education team at the Yale School of Management.
Assessment is continuous and based on a series of practical assignments completed online. It culminates in a final capstone project. In order to be issued your digital certificate, you’ll need to meet the requirements outlined in the program handbook. You can chat to an enrollment specialist to learn more about the program requirements before you register, or view the program handbook once you start. You can also view general assessment information here.
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The Online Campus will be your virtual classroom for the duration of your course. Through its easy-to-use interface you'll have access to a diverse variety of course content formats including: interactive videos, module notes, practice quizzes, presentations, assignment briefs, and additional web resources.
On the Online Campus, you'll also be able to ask questions and interact with your fellow students and teaching team through the discussion forums. If you are looking for your Online Campus login, please visit your Account page here.
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