Imarticus Learning
Executive Management Programme

People Leadership & Strategic HR Management

Develop a winning strategy with strategic HR
11 Months
Live Online + Campus Immersion
Earn IIM Lucknow Executive Alumni Status
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About the People Leadership & Strategic HR Management Program

This program is specifically tailored for emerging senior HR professionals and ambitious business managers who aspire to become influential leaders and drive strategic initiatives focused on people. It is an advanced training program that develops leaders with significant responsibilities in people and HR leadership. The program uses an experiential approach with simulations from Imarticus Game Studio and Simulation on Human Resource Management.

New-age People Leadership Program

Gain insights on current and future management challenges faced by HR and People leaders from our program's top academic experts, CXOs, and business leaders. Stay ahead of the curve and drive success in your organisation with cutting-edge strategies.

Curriculum Designed for Leaders

Our program is designed to meet the unique needs of aspiring C-level leaders, particularly those aiming to establish a solid foundation in people leadership as a CHRO. The specialised curriculum is tailored to help participants gain industry-relevant knowledge and skills that will enable them to excel in their careers.

IIM Lucknow Executive Alumni Status

We believe that learning is a lifelong pursuit, and we strive to support our participants long after they complete their studies. As a participant, you will join a vast network of Executive Education Alumni from IIM Lucknow, who have gone on to achieve great success in their careers. One of the main benefits of this network is access to alumni updates.

Amplify Your Social Net-worth

The learners during the program can interact with peers from diverse sectors and network with industry leaders from around the world during our program. Enhance your knowledge and establish valuable relationships by visiting IIM Lucknow's campus.

Masterclasses by CXOs

Our program offers a unique opportunity to gain valuable insights from some of the most successful HR and business leaders in the industry. These five masterclass sessions are designed to provide participants with a deeper understanding of the strategic decision-making process and the skills required to lead their organisation to success.

Winsome Learning Experiences

Our CXO cadre simulation solutions provide a secure, risk-free environment for participants to simulate the role of a People Leader. Through this simulation, participants can gain hands-on experience in managing teams, making strategic decisions, and dealing with real-life challenges that leaders face in the workplace.

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What Makes IIM Lucknow Exceptional?

Master the Art of People Management

Organisation Design

Talent Management

Culture Management

Change Management

Leadership Development

People Strategies to Enable Firm Growth

HR Analytics

Organisation Design

Talent Management

Culture Management

Change Management

Leadership Development

People Strategies to Enable Firm Growth

HR Analytics

About IIM Lucknow and Imarticus Learning Collaboration

The Indian Institute of Management Lucknow, established in 1984, is the fourth member of India's prestigious IIM family of management schools. The idea to develop IIMs was initially proposed by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister. IIML has impacted countless lives through its faculty, alumni, and support staff.

At IIM Lucknow, the focus is on developing value-driven leaders, managers, and global players. The institute achieves this goal by leveraging its globally recognised and affiliated faculty members, who are instrumental in shaping the leaders of tomorrow.

Faculty

Prof. Girish Balasubramanian
Professor of Human Resource Management

Prof.Balasubramanian has completed FPM from XLRI, Xavier School of Management Jamshedpur in 2016 and B. Tech Electrical Engineering from NIT Surat in 2007. He has worked in the energy and manufacturing sectors for about four years....see More

Dr Pavni Kaushiva
Professor of Human Resource Management

Prof. Kaushiva holds a PhD in Management from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, where she conducted research in the areas of diversity in organisations, gender and women's studies, and social issues in management. She also has a B. Tech in...see More

Prof. Girish Balasubramanian
Professor of Human Resource Management

Prof.Balasubramanian has completed FPM from XLRI, Xavier School of Management Jamshedpur in 2016 and B. Tech Electrical Engineering from NIT Surat in 2007. He has worked in the energy and manufacturing sectors for about four years.His research interests are Industrial Relations, Strategy, Diversity ...see More

Dr Pavni Kaushiva
Professor of Human Resource Management

Prof. Kaushiva holds a PhD in Management from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, where she conducted research in the areas of diversity in organisations, gender and women's studies, and social issues in management. She also has a B. Tech in Biotechnology from Jaypee Institute of Informatio...see More

Curriculum

This module will provide an overview on the fundamentals of People Leadership skills and key areas that senior leaders should focus to enable their team, function and firm's growth.

Topics

Evolution of Human Resource Management
The need for a strategic approach to People Leadership and valuing diversity

Mastering the essence of Human Capital
Diagnostic Tools for Calibrating and Measuring Human Capital
Key processes associated with strategic people management
HR Operations & Project Management Skills for HR Professionals
Marketing & Financial Accounting for HR
HR & Business Partnership

Gain insight into quentessential organizational structures that enable firms on their path to success. Also, gain exposure to typical organizational behaviour characteristics such as individual / group dynamics and deriving strategies to compensate for them.

Topics

Organizational Structure & Organizational Design Choices
Building an org structure that enables business in aligning with it's vision and mission
Evolving the organization's structure and aligning it with firm's growth

HRM in a Conglomerate vs Standalone Business
Organizational Behavior in an high growth start-up and in a reliable mature Organisation
Strategic management of individual and group dynamics of teams at different stages of firm growth.

Understand the essentials of talent management and strategic workforce planning. Gain insight into strategic frameworks such as compensation structures, rewards and recognition to keep employee engaged and incentivize performance.

Topics

Aligning Workforce to Business Needs
Defining a Talent Strategy
Key Levers for Talent Management
Technology Infrastructure & Digital Transformation for Talent Management

Understanding Business Demands & Running Assessment Centres
Aligning organizational business with People Competencies
Identifying critical Individuals and Teams.
Understanding Roles & Group behaviors
Forecasting Talent Need.
Talent Acquisition & Recruitment Methods
Managing Virtual Workforce - Adopting Work from Home Culture

Building effective frameworks for Talent Management
Importance of Rewards & Recognition
Compensation Models & Building effective Compensation Structures
Incentivizing with Bonus and Benefits

Science behind Performance Management Strategy
Art of PMS Execution & Previaling Appraisal Practices
Learning & Human Development Strategy
Masterclass 1 - Effective strategies around incentivizing employees and teams
GameStudio Simulation - Practice decision making across Finance, Marketing, HR & Operations.

Learn the fundamentals of defining an org culture, the need of it, aligining it to vision & mission, measuring it and enabling businesses to align their functioning to it.

Topics

Translating organizational goals and objectives into a compelling vision and mission statement
Using people leadership skills to align employees and teams towards organization's goals & objectives

Identify key levers that measure alignment with organization's vision and mission
Developing HR practices that facilitate and support adherance to firm's vision and mission

Aligning Business Functions & Decision to the Vision and Mission
Bridging the Gap between Functions, Teams and Geographies
Masterclass 2 - Strategies on building a coherent vision & mission statement

Key drivers of change management are people leaders in the firm. This module explores areas such as drivers of change, building processes & frameworks around it, and strategic management of change.

Topics

Leveraging processes and frameworks to mitigate complacency setting into teams and functions
Aligning process frameworks to future business opportunities

Measuring Impact of Change - Qualitative & Quantitative
Anticipating needs of the workforce and designing a strategy for driving change

Story Telling for HR Professionals
Crafting and Presenting high impact presentations
Conflict Resolution
Masterclass 3 - Strategic Approach to Change Management

Understand the importance of the HR through an M&A, Joint Venture, Expansions as well as managing stakeholders through it all.

Topics

Strategy for effective engagement of teams & function across firms during a strategic expansion through M&A or Joint Venture
Challenges and frameworks for enabling teams through a M&A or Joint Venture
Managing Unplanned Expansion
Frameworks for Team management during transition from each stage of Greiner Curve

People Leadership Skills for Global Teams
Enabling collaboration for Cross-Cultural Teams

Leveraging Technology Solutions for Enabling Growth
Managing External & Internal Stakeholders
Masterclass 4 - Crisis Management - A guide for People Leaders

As a HR Leader, learn to manage the senior leadership, enabling them to collaborate as individuals and as groups. Gain exposure to strategies involving grooming emerging leaders and coaching new talent.

Topics

Maximize Leadership Effectivenes
Leading through Empathy, Leadership Traits, Skills & Behaviors
Collaborating Individually and in a Group
Influence vs Authority
Partnering with C-Suite Leaders & Customers

Identifying Underrated and Underdeveloped Talent
Investing in Emerging Leaders
Coaching & Developing Key Talent
Masterclass 5 - Grooming Second Level Leaders

Gain mastery over critical legal areas such as industrial relations, labour laws, environmental laws or data privacy laws. Understand fundamentals of ESG and adopting it in your firm.

Topics

Industrial Relations & Labour Law. Handling Workplace discipline & Greivance Management
International Labour Laws. Social Security & Wages

Overview on ESG
Strategies for Managing Carbon footprint

Overview on Data Privacy Practices
Data Privacy Laws

Gain insight into foundations of business analytics through concepts such as statistics, probbility and other aspects of decision science. Leverage HR analytics as a diagnostic tool to understand key performance metrics of one's team, function and the firm.

Topics

Excel for Business
Introduction to Basic Probability, Statistics & Decision Science

Fundamentals of Decision Science
Introduction to Business Analytics
Analytics for Business Decision Making

Talent Acquisition Analytics
Talent Performance Analytics
Talent Retention Analytics

Employee Engagement Analytics
Employee Training Analytics

Will I Get Certified?

Upon successfully completing this program, you’ll earn a Certificate of Successful Completion in the Executive Management Program in People Leadership & Strategic HR Management by the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow. This will add considerable value to your professional credentials.

Program Audience

  • Aspiring CHROs, HR leaders and senior managers who are accountable for managing a large workforce
  • New business leaders who are steering a business transformation through organic and inorganic growth strategies where people-oriented thinking, talent management and leadership development strategies are at the centre stage
  • Mid to senior-level professionals looking to build their strategic HR management capabilities to transition into leadership positions and drive HR strategy.
  • Line managers and HR Specialists interested in HRM to advance their people management capabilities in leadership roles
  • Startup owners and managers, entrepreneurs and small, medium enterprise managers or owners

Admission Cycle

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Apply

Pay Registration Fee

Get Shortlisted

Receive Offer Letter

Learn via a Multi-Dimensional Simulation
Imarticus Game Studio

Imarticus Game Studio offers an innovative approach to learning that engages and resonates with learners. Our games simulate organisational dynamics, allowing learners to explore different scenarios and witness the impact of their decisions on critical parameters within the game.

Budgeting
Planning
Dynamic Decisions
Competive Positioning
Budgeting
Planning
Dynamic Decisions
Competive Positioning
Workforce Planning
Compensation & Performance
Training & Development
Employee Engagement
HR Management Simulation

HR Management is an interactive Human Resource Management simulation that puts learners in charge of overseeing the human resources department of a medium-sized organisation, allowing them to compete against each other to manage the company's workforce effectively.

Workforce Planning
Compensation & Performance
Training & Development
Employee Engagement
Workforce Planning
Compensation & Performance
Training & Development
Employee Engagement
Workforce Planning
Compensation & Performance
Training & Development
Employee Engagement

Program Fee

Program Fee
₹ 298,000
Registration Fee
₹ 44,700
Instalment 1
₹ 1,04,300
Instalment 2
₹ 89,400
Instalment 3
₹ 59,600

Note: Registration Fee includes non-refundable Application Fee of ₹ 3000

FAQs

About the program

IIM Lucknow is among the top business schools in India and is also world-renowned. IIM Lucknow has dual accreditation from AMBA (UK) and AACSB (USA) and was ranked 6th in NIRF Ranking 2022 and ranked 31 in QS Asia Rankings 2022. You will earn the coveted Executive alumni status of IIM Lucknow after successfully completing this program.

The Executive Management Program in People Leadership & Strategic HR Management merges contemporary HR practices with modules on strategic leadership, fostering a comprehensive skill set crucial for organisational success.

As IIM Lucknow Executive Alumni, participants can avail of the following benefits

  • Access to a network of distinguished IIM Lucknow executive alumni
  • Access to the IIM Lucknow alumni events
  • Access to IIM Lucknow local alumni chapters
  • Access to the program brochures and newsletters from IIM Lucknow

IIM Lucknow seeks participants with high intellectual rigor and intent to learn to complete the program. The program blends contemporary HR practices and strategic leadership modules to foster a comprehensive skill set crucial for organizational success. Candidates will only qualify for successful completion upon fulfilling the attendance and course evaluation criteria.

This Executive Management Program in People Leadership & Strategic HR Management program is a 10-month program which will be conducted online on weekends.

A special discount offer exists only for a minimum of five nominations. A discount of up to 10% on the program fee may be offered for bulk nominations of 5 participants or more from a single corporation. However, the discount's extent will be determined on a case-to-case basis.

The sessions will be 100% online. These online sessions will be conducted on the Zoom platform.

Classes will be scheduled over weekends, either Saturday / Sunday. The schedule is subject to change at the discretion of IIM Lucknow.

A total of 3 days of in-person campus immersion will be held at the end of the program.

Eligibility

Admission is on profile-based selection. Resumes will be reviewed by the Admissions team and IIM Lucknow Executive Education team.

Fees

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