01 Senior HRBP · v1.0 · Leadership

SENIOR HRBP both master and leader.

Master of the hardest cases. Leader of the HRBP team. An AI-powered business partner.

You're the best HRBP on the team — and the ceiling of personal expertise is already in sight. In 10 lessons you'll build both halves of the role: mastery on high-stakes cases and a system that multiplies you through your team.

On-demand· 10 × 45 min· graded homework· 1 year of access· Accredible diploma· HRBP experience required

This isn't "just more experienced."It's a different role.

Almost every course teaches the individual HRBP to become a strategist. This one is about both halves of the senior role: personally holding the hardest work and multiplying impact through a team. Which is why it isn't for everyone.

Niche

A course that joins both halves of the Senior HRBP role — mastery on the hardest cases and multiplication through a team — doesn't exist on the market.

This course is for you if you're a
Senior HRBP Already taking the hardest cases and the toughest leaders
Head of HRBP You lead a team of 3–15 HRBPs
HR Director You own the business-partnering layer in the company
Strong HRBP Aiming to lead the function and mentoring juniors
×This course isn't for you if
Prerequisites Active HRBP experience · tough negotiations with the business · the Ulrich model at a definitional level
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From personal leverage —to team leverage.

The course is built around the two natural halves of the Senior HRBP role. First — the hardest work that only a senior can hold. Then — the system that raises the ceiling of the whole team.

Act I · Lessons 1–5

Personal mastery

You solve what no one else in the function can.

  1. 01Read the business like a board member
  2. 02Win over the toughest leaders
  3. 03Complex org design and restructuring
  4. 04Cases only a senior can hold
  5. 05Change leadership at the business level
06 turning point expert → multiplier
Act II · Lessons 6–10

Team leverage

You stop being the best individual performer — you raise everyone's ceiling.

  1. 06Become the one who sets the standard
  2. 07Grow HRBPs into senior partners
  3. 08Scale the function without a bottleneck
  4. 09Prove collective impact
  5. 10AI-powered leader: a one-year roadmap

A Senior HRBP is measured by total impact: what you solve personally × the team ceiling you raise. The course builds both capabilities in sequence.

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Ten lessons —both roles at once.

Every lesson applies to your real function, team and data. Not theory — a working output from each one.

10 lessons· 45 minutes each· ≈30 tools· AI in every lesson
Part 1 Personal mastery · lessons 1–5
01 Read the business like a board memberA Senior HRBP is a business leader for people, not "HR attached to the business"
  • The business unit's P&L and strategy through the eyes of the CFO and CEO
  • Translating a business goal into clear people tasks
  • A proactive diagnosis — before the leader even asks for it
  • Reading talent risks as risks to strategy execution
  • AI analysis of financial and market data

OutcomeA diagnosis of your business unit and 3 proactive initiatives tied to a business goal.

02 The toughest stakeholdersWin over and challenge a leader who doesn't believe in HR
  • A typology of difficult leaders and how to handle each
  • Trust in the first 90 days
  • Constructive disagreement and the right to say "no" to a CEO/CFO
  • Managing up as a system, not intuition
  • AI as a sparring partner to rehearse the conversation

OutcomeA playbook and influence strategy for a specific difficult leader.

03 Complex org design and restructuringRebuild the organization without breaking it
  • Spans & layers and bloated middle management
  • Target structure design aligned to strategy
  • Restructuring and layoffs done right
  • People integration in mergers and survivor syndrome
  • AI modeling of org scenarios

OutcomeA target org structure for your business unit and a restructuring plan.

04 Cases only a senior can holdHigh-stakes situations where the cost of a mistake is at its highest
  • Firing a top executive
  • A clash between C-1 leaders
  • An ER crisis and ethics
  • Retaining critical talent and recovering after a toxic leader
  • An "escalate or hold" matrix · AI for documentation with confidentiality boundaries

OutcomeA high-stakes case playbook and an escalation matrix.

05 Change leadership at the business levelDrive a transformation through resistance from above and below
  • Change models in real application
  • A resistance map and work with the top team
  • Change fatigue and a coalition of support
  • Adoption metrics
  • AI for sentiment analysis and change communications

OutcomeA change-management plan for a real transformation in your business unit.

Part 2 Team leverage · lessons 6–10
06 Become the one who sets the standardFrom "the best HRBP" to the one who raises the whole team's ceiling
  • The "expert → multiplier" shift and the "I'll just do it faster" trap
  • The math of leverage
  • A partnering standard playbook and a senior-level competency framework
  • Delegating complex cases with support
  • AI for codifying the standard

OutcomeA business-partnering standard playbook and a competency bar for the team.

07 Grow HRBPs into senior partnersMentoring that grows the whole team
  • Diagnosing the team's level against the framework
  • A coaching model and case clinics
  • Building influence without formal authority
  • Difficult feedback to a senior specialist
  • Growth plans, succession · AI to prepare coaching sessions

OutcomeTeam development plans and a coaching system.

08 Scale the function without becoming the bottleneckOperating model, delegation and a senior's scarce time
  • The HRBP / COE / SSC operating model
  • RACI on key processes
  • Moving the team from "doing favors" to strategy
  • Allocating your own scarce time
  • Coordination without silos · AI in service delivery

OutcomeAn operating model for the function with RACI and a plan to move the team into strategy.

09 Prove collective impactTranslate the team's work into business results in the board's language
  • Activity vs. business outcome
  • A function scorecard
  • Prove impact to the CFO and CEO in the language of money and risk
  • Data storytelling and defending the budget
  • An AI dashboard for the function

OutcomeA function scorecard and an AI dashboard with a narrative for leadership.

10 The Senior HRBP as an AI-powered leaderBring both roles together into a 12-month growth plan
  • Integrating personal mastery and multiplication
  • AI as a multiplier for both roles
  • Assessing your own and the function's maturity
  • A 12-month transformation roadmap
  • The future of the role and defending the roadmap to leadership

OutcomeA 12-month roadmap for transforming the function, ready to defend.

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Behind the course —numbers and data.

Two pillars: 14 years of the academy with 150,000 students and research that explains why the senior role is changing right now.

150K+students since 2012
80student NPS
185countries reached
170+academy courses
30+languages of instruction
14years since 2011
Why now
~9 hrs/wk

is all an HRBP has left for strategy — the rest of the ~44 hours is eaten by operations and employee issues. The function is stuck in the day-to-day.

Gartner
70%+

of large companies (5,000+) run on a version of the Ulrich model — business partnering has become the standard.

CIPD · 2024
~20%

of organizations will use AI by 2026 to "flatten" management structures. The role is changing on the move.

Gartner
Trend

McKinsey proposes reshaping the role into a "Talent Value Leader" — a purely strategic focus instead of administration. The course prepares you for exactly that.

McKinsey

150,000 students from 185 countries have already gone through the academy.

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How the learningworks.

Nothing unusual: video lessons, practice on your own data and homework graded personally by Mike. This is how the academy has worked for 14 years — 150,000 students have gone through this model.

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    Recorded video lessonWatch at your own pace — all 10 lessons available at once in your dashboard.
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    Homework graded personally by MikeEvery assignment is on your real function. Mike reads and comments himself.
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    Student chat on TelegramCase breakdowns and shared experience with HR leaders from 185 countries.
  4. 04
    Personal dashboard 24/7Recordings, templates, prompt sets — all in one place for a year.
  5. 05
    Accredible diplomaAfter all homework — a personal diploma with a QR code, one click to LinkedIn.
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Built HR systems for 20 years — including at Preply 🦄 on its way to a $1.2B valuation. HRCI representative in Eastern Europe. He doesn't explain this senior role in theory — he lived it.

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You've read to the end. All that's left is deciding how you come in: one course for $500 or the whole academy for $1 000. The subscription with 170+ courses is the best value, but it's your call.

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Got questions?

How does the Senior HRBP course differ from the HRBP course?

The Senior HRBP course is for those who are already strong HRBPs, whereas the basic HRBP course explains the business-partner role itself. Senior HRBP teaches you to hold the hardest cases, work with difficult leaders, and multiply results through the HRBP team.

Do I need team-management experience to take the Senior HRBP course?

Team-management experience is helpful but not required. The course also works for a senior HRBP with no direct reports — someone who mentors junior colleagues and is aiming to lead the function.

Is the course right for a Head of HRBP if I don't have a team yet?

Yes, it's a fit. Part 1 (personal mastery) applies to your work immediately, and Part 2 prepares you to lead the HRBP function — for the moment when a team appears.

What's the learning format of the Senior HRBP course?

The Senior HRBP course is 10 recorded video lessons of 45 minutes, with homework graded personally by Mike Pritula. Access to the personal dashboard and the student Telegram chat lasts 1 year, and the Accredible diploma is issued after all assignments.

Do I need coding skills for the course's AI tools?

No, coding skills aren't needed. AI is used through ready-made prompts and templates — basic familiarity with Claude or ChatGPT is enough.

Is the Senior HRBP course done on your own data or on sample cases?

You work on your own real data. Every lesson applies to your function, team and metrics — you walk away with a working artifact, not a sample exercise.

What tools and templates are included in the Senior HRBP course?

The course includes about 30 tools — 2–3 per lesson: canvases, matrices, AI-prompt sets and dashboards for working with the function and the team.

Do you get a diploma after the Senior HRBP course?

Yes, after completing all homework you receive a diploma on the Accredible platform. It's available in RU / EN / UA, contains a QR code, and integrates into LinkedIn and HH in one click.