Today’s HR Business Partners are expected to operate at the intersection of data and decision-making. This course equips participants with analytical tools and strategic thinking to align workforce capabilities with organizational goals. Through data literacy, dashboarding, and scenario modeling, participants will learn to transform HR insights into business value. Emphasis is placed on interpreting metrics to influence executives and lead evidence-based talent strategies.

TRAINING TOPICS

• Evolution of the HR Business Partner in the age of analytics

• Data literacy and statistical thinking for HR professionals

• Integrating people analytics into strategic workforce planning

• Predictive analytics in recruitment, retention, and engagement

• AI, dashboards, and storytelling with data

• HR metrics that matter: linking people data to business KPIs

• Scenario modeling and forecasting for workforce agility

• Ethical use of employee data and compliance

• Building a data-driven HRBP mindset and culture

• Tools and platforms for people analytics (Power BI, Tableau, Visier, etc.)

BY THE END OF THIS TRAINING COURSE, DELEGATES WILL BE ABLE TO

• Use data to identify workforce risks and opportunities

• Design and interpret HR dashboards and visualizations

• Apply predictive models to improve talent decisions

• Align HR analytics with strategic business goals

• Translate complex data into actionable insights for stakeholders

• Forecast future workforce needs using scenario planning

• Ensure ethical, compliant use of employee data

• Champion a culture of data-informed decision-making within HR

TRAINING IS TAILORED TO

HR Business Partners, Talent Analytics Specialists, HR Managers, People Strategists, and Organizational Development professionals aiming to boost their data and strategic influence capabilities.

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

This program blends hands-on technical labs with strategic exercises. Participants will work with real-life datasets, simulate board-level reporting, and co-design data dashboards using AI tools. Group discussions and case-based learning ensure practical relevance and engagement throughout the course.

Day One: From Intuition to Insight – The Role of Data in HRBP Success

• Understanding the modern HRBP mandate in a data-driven world

• Introduction to people analytics and its organizational value

• Moving from reactive to proactive HR decision-making

• Identifying data sources: internal systems, external benchmarks

• Building data literacy and analytical fluency

• Common barriers and enablers for HR data transformation

Day Two: Workforce Planning through Analytics

• Strategic workforce planning: concepts and frameworks

• Forecasting workforce supply and demand

• Skills gap analysis and future capability planning

• Using Visier or equivalent to model workforce scenarios

• Cross-functional collaboration with Finance and Operations

• Case study: Agile workforce realignment using analytics

Day Three: Predictive Analytics for Talent Optimization

• Understanding predictive analytics and machine learning basics

• Using data to reduce attrition and flight risk

• Predicting hiring success and optimizing talent pipelines

• Dashboarding tools: Power BI / Tableau for HR

• Storytelling with data: visualizing trends that inspire action

• Mini-lab: build a predictive attrition model using sample data

Day Four: Metrics That Matter – Turning HR Data into Business Impact

• Defining and tracking strategic HR KPIs

• Translating workforce metrics to executive language

• Linking employee data to productivity, performance, and ROI

• Scenario modeling: HR’s role in business continuity planning

• Designing dashboards for different stakeholders (HR, C-suite, Ops)

• Interactive challenge: build and present a KPI board report

Day Five: Ethical Analytics and the Future of Data-Driven HR

• Data privacy, compliance, and ethical considerations

• Bias in data and AI: recognizing and reducing harm

• Driving data culture within HR teams

• Creating a strategic HR analytics roadmap

• Final project: strategic HRBP pitch using analytics insights

• Personal action plan: advancing your analytics journey