The operational COO of the HR department — the one who turns the HRD's strategy into systems, processes and AI
You're a strong recruiter, HRBP or HR Generalist. You can see that HR operations run on heroes and verbal agreements. The Head of People Operations takes that zone under control and delivers the HRD's strategy. This course is about how to become that person.
8 lessons of 45 minutes. An operating model of 5 functions × AI, 5 AI agents and a 90-day plan for your own company.
While the HRD is busy with strategy, someone has to actually run the processes. That someone is the Head of People Operations — the HRD's operational deputy, who designs hiring, onboarding, performance, comp & ben and offboarding as a single operating system with AI agents inside.
People Ops works like a computer's operating system: five functions are the applications, and HRIS, AI and Analytics are the single foundation they run on. The Head of People Ops is the administrator of that system and the HRD's operational deputy — like a COO to a CEO.
People Ops isn't five disconnected tasks — it's one operating model: an employee goes through the whole journey from hire to exit, an AI capability works under each function, and everything sits on one technology foundation. The Head of People Ops is the administrator of that system.
Every function gets its own AI-tool selection matrix and agent architecture
Every function has metrics, targets and escalation points
Not five processes, but one system — on one foundation
Every lesson is 45 minutes. Every homework is done on your company's case. By the end — a set of documents for the conversation with your HRD.
3+ years in HR and basic hands-on experience with ChatGPT / Claude. Management experience is not required.
There are no direct equivalents on the market.
One course for $500 — that's for people who need this exact course. The subscription for $1,000 — that's for people who get it: one course won't make the role. For $500 more — 160+ academy courses and all the new content of the year.
All options — a one-time or annual payment, with no hidden fees. Access to the materials — 1 year from the date of payment.
All 8 lessons of the course run on the same cycle. Homework isn't theory — it's work on your company's case. Mike reviews each one personally.
One of 8 modules: the operations of a single function (Hiring, Onboarding, Performance, Comp & Ben, Offboarding, HRIS+AI, Operating Review). Watch the video whenever it suits you — 1 year of access.
Not abstract exercises. Each assignment is an artifact for your real operations: hiring metrics, salary bands, an AI-agent architecture, a 90-day plan and so on.
Not an assistant, not a curator, not an AI. The course author looks at your work and gives you notes — what to redo, what to keep, how to apply it to your real operations.
After 8 such cycles you have 7 artifacts: an operating model map, metrics for each function, AI-tool selection matrices, the architecture of 5 AI agents, a 90-day plan, a dashboard and a defense presentation for the HRD.
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