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HR for CEOs Course: Build & Scale Your HR Function [EN]
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2,576 students
HR for CEOs Course: Build & Scale Your HR Function [EN]
Certified CEO | Chief Executive Officer | Business Leadership | HR for Founders | Startup Leadership | Strategic CEO
Last updated 6/2026
English
What you'll learn
- Understand the strategic role of HR in business growth and sustainability
- Evaluate whether and when to hire an HR manager for your company
- Identify the right number and type of HR roles needed at different growth stages
- Conduct an internal HR audit and implement the 10 most critical HR tools without an HR team
- Build effective recruitment, onboarding, and performance management processes
- Design Total Rewards strategies and implement tools for employee development, retention, and engagement
- Create a tailored HR role profile aligned with business needs and find qualified candidates
- Assess HR professionals using a structured evaluation map and choose the right hire
- Monitor and evaluate your HR manager’s performance during probation and beyond
- Establish a productive partnership with your HR team to focus them on business outcomes
- Use HR strategies to support scaling the company and achieving key business goals
- Discover the fundamentals of HR automation and choose the right solutions for your company
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Course content
5 sections • 11 lectures • 4h 1m total length
Requirements
- No formal HR background is required — the course is designed for business owners and CEOs
- Basic understanding of your own business operations and growth challenges
- A desire to build or improve your company’s HR function
- Willingness to engage in strategic thinking and practical assignments
- Openness to collaborating with HR professionals and implementing people-focused processes
Description
Running a successful company means mastering finance, operations, and sales — but what about people? For many business owners and CEOs, HR remains a black box filled with guesswork, miscommunication, and missed growth opportunities. If you’ve ever asked “What does HR really do?” or “How do I know if my HR manager is effective?” — this course is for you.
In this one-of-a-kind program, you’ll get a complete HR playbook tailored specifically for entrepreneurs and executives. Built on 20+ years of real-world experience and international HR standards, this course offers practical, no-fluff guidance on how to build, evaluate, and scale your HR function — even if you’ve never hired an HR person before.
Inside the course, you’ll discover:
• When and why to hire your first HR — and what to expect
• How to conduct an HR audit and implement 10 essential tools even without an HR team
• What modern HR looks like: recruitment, onboarding, performance, retention, engagement
• How to write a job description for an HR leader and run an executive-level hiring process
• How to evaluate HR candidates for professionalism, cultural fit, and execution
• What to expect during probation and how to measure HR success
• How to build a true partnership with HR that drives business results
• HR automation: what to digitize, what to track, and which tools to use
By the end of the course, you’ll understand what HR can do for your business — and how to make it work for you. If you want to build a scalable, high-performing company, this training is your competitive advantage.
This course contains the use of artificial intelligence. It ensures cutting-edge insights and the latest practices.
This course contains a promotion.
Seats are limited. Enroll today to build an HR function that grows with your business.
Who this course is for:
- Business owners who are scaling and need to build HR from scratch
- Startup founders looking to professionalize their people management processes
- CEOs seeking to understand the value and structure of modern HR
- Executives preparing to hire their first HR professional
- Leaders managing teams of 50+ and aiming to improve recruitment, retention, and culture
- Investors and board members who want to evaluate the quality of HR in their portfolio companies