Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) Programme
Built for senior HR leaders, this programme prepares you to shape future-ready organisations through people and culture.
Applications close on April 8, 2026
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Programme Overview
Key Takeaways
Preparing CHROs for Enterprise Complexity
Gain the capabilities required to operate as an enterprise-ready CHRO:
- Shape enterprise people strategy aligned with business priorities, governance, and long-term value creation
- Apply people analytics and AI to strengthen judgement, manage risk, and inform critical workforce decisions
- Design organisations, leadership pipelines, and cultures that enable resilience and sustained performance
- Lead workforce transformation while navigating regulatory complexity, trust, and ethical responsibility
- Partner effectively with CEOs and senior leadership teams as a trusted advisor on people and organisation matters
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Programme Highlights
Learner Profiles
- HR leaders with 10+ years of experience shaping talent, culture, and leadership capability
- Professionals responsible for organisation design and workforce strategy at scale
- Leaders seeking to expand influence beyond functional HR into enterprise decision-making
- Senior HR professionals transitioning into CHRO or enterprise-facing mandates
- Leaders seeking stronger financial, strategic, and governance literacy
- Executives preparing to engage more actively with CEOs and boards
- Executives leading large-scale workforce, capability, or cultural change initiatives
- Leaders navigating AI adoption, people analytics, and regulatory complexity
- Professionals aligning people strategy with enterprise transformation agendas
Class Profile
Learner Stories
"The CHRO role has really evolved from being a functional expert to becoming a strategic leader shaping the organisation. This programme brought together 25–30 organisations across industries. The interactions and networking offered valuable insights that we often miss in our roles. The sessions on partnering with CEOs, self-awareness, and purpose have stayed with me."
"As a leader, you need to be able to get somebody's trust by first trusting them. Gone are the days of hierarchy and leadership by title - you need to walk the path and show it. The programme brought that upfront: HR must integrate with strategy and stay relevant. That helped me relate throughout the sessions."
"Leadership and HR are not two different things. Business is about people, and people are about business. With the political, environmental, and workforce landscape changing, change is inevitable. This programme offers a holistic perspective, with masterclasses on ESG, D&I, IR, and strategy - all highly relevant as we progress in our careers."
Curriculum
The curriculum spans nine integrated modules covering strategy, organisation design, talent, people analytics, AI, global leadership, and the future of work. Delivered through a blended format, it prepares HR leaders to shape future-ready organisations.
Module 1: Workforce Strategy and Talent Economics
- Align workforce strategy with business and growth priorities
- Apply talent economics to workforce planning and capability decisions
- Evaluate productivity, cost, and value trade-offs in people investments
- Strengthen strategic workforce decision-making
Module 2: Strategic Talent, Leadership, and Succession
- Design leadership pipelines aligned to enterprise strategy
- Strengthen succession planning and critical role readiness
- Develop high-potential talent and leadership capability at scale
- Align leadership development with long-term business needs
Module 3: Enterprise Strategy and Board Stewardship
- Understand enterprise strategy, governance, and board dynamics
- Strengthen financial and strategic literacy for CHROs
- Contribute to board-level discussions on talent, risk, and culture
- Build confidence in enterprise and boardroom engagement
Module 4: Risk, Governance, and Crisis Leadership
- Identify and manage workforce and organisational risk
- Navigate governance, compliance, and regulatory expectations
- Lead effectively through crises and organisational disruption
- Build systems of trust, accountability, and ethical leadership
Module 5: Organisation Design and HR Operating Models
- Align organisation design with business strategy
- Evaluate and redesign HR operating models
- Enable agility through structure, roles, and decision rights
- Strengthen execution through effective organisation design
Module 6: Performance, Rewards, and Motivation Systems
- Design performance systems that drive outcomes and accountability
- Align rewards, incentives, and motivation with strategy
- Balance fairness, performance, and engagement
- Respond to evolving workforce expectations
Module 7: People Analytics and Decision Science
- Apply people analytics to workforce and leadership decisions
- Strengthen judgement through data-informed decision models
- Reduce bias and improve decision quality
- Translate analytics into enterprise insight
Module 8: AI, Ethics, and the Future of Work
- Understand AI's impact on work, roles, and capability
- Apply ethical frameworks to AI and technology decisions
- Balance innovation with responsibility and governance
- Prepare organisations for AI-enabled workforce change
Module 9: Global HR Leadership
- Navigate cross-cultural and global workforce dynamics
- Align global people strategy with local context
- Manage complexity across regions and operating environments
- Lead consistently across diverse organisational contexts
Note: Modules and topics are subject to change based on our faculty recommendations to keep the content contextual and relevant to the evolving environment.
What You Will Gain
Certificate
On successful completion of the programme, you will be awarded a programme completion certificate from ISB Executive Education, a formal recognition of your professional development.
Programme Eligibility: Graduate or equivalent diploma qualification (10+2+3) from a recognised university; 10+ years of work experience
ISB Executive Alumni Benefits
On successful completion of this programme, participants gain the ISB Executive Alumni status. The privileges of this exclusive community include:
ISB email and other benefits:
- Exclusive ISB Executive Education email ID to connect with your network
- 10% programme fee benefit on other ISB Executive Education programmes
- 20% programme fee benefit on ISB Online programmes
- Access to ISB Executive Education alumni support team over email
Access to resources:
- ISB Executive Education Alumni portal
- Podcasts, async content, articles, newsletters and more
- Exclusive Invitations to events like MasterClasses, webinars and conferences, amongst others
Networking and continuous learning:
- Networking opportunities via ISB Executive Network Group on LinkedIn
- Connect with your peers via the ISB Executive Education Alumni Portal
- Access to city-level alumni chapters and special interest groups (SIGs) via ISB Executive Education Alumni portal
- Opportunity to be a guest speaker at ISB Executive Education events
Programme Faculty
Chandrasekhar Sripada
Professor of Organisational Behaviour (Practice), ISB
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