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HR Strategy Playbook: Answer the CEO in Week One, 380+ Tools
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HR Strategy Playbook: Answer the CEO in Week One, 380+ Tools
Asked for an HR strategy in week one? 174-line HR strategy template, HR metrics, finance, workforce planning, talent
Last updated 10/2026
English
What you'll learn
- Answer "where is our HR strategy?" in your first weeks: take 380+ templates, question lists, procedures and scorecards in 43 downloadable resources
- Assess HR from the outside in with the Ulrich model
- Build the HR strategy with PESTEL, SWOT, TOWS and metrics
- Execute it: budget, resources and an HR initiatives roadmap
- Choose HR metrics for the strategic HR plan
- Speak the language of business finance
- Run strategic planning and strategy sessions
- Plan the workforce and forecast headcount, and connect talent strategy to the business
- Use the HR strategy workbook, an HR metrics library and an HR initiative ROI calculator
- Learn with Mike, the #1 HR instructor on Udemy: 1,800,000+ enrollments, 170,000 students, about 200 books on Amazon
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Course content
9 sections • 41 lectures • 20h 0m total length
Requirements
- Experience in HR, ideally at manager level or above
- A spreadsheet such as Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets
- English at intermediate level or above, since all lessons are in English
Description
This course contains the use of artificial intelligence.
You have just stepped into the HR director role, and by the end of your first week leadership is already asking where the HR strategy is. Here are 387 tools to answer with a plan: 222 ready-to-use templates, question lists, procedures and scorecards, 150 models and methods, 9 services shown on screen and 6 working files.
Open a lecture, take the template, and start your HR strategy this week.
Why HR strategies stay on paper
HR strategies are written as lists of HR projects, not as answers to business goals. They have no metrics, no budget and no link to the workforce plan, so leadership approves them politely and nothing changes.
What changes after this course
Your HR strategy starts from the business, uses PESTEL, SWOT and TOWS, sets metrics, has a budget and a roadmap, and connects workforce planning and talent strategy to what the company needs.
What is inside: 387 tools, counted lecture by lecture
You do not have to take this number on trust. Open any lecture and read its description: every tool inside is listed there by name.
- 43 downloadable resources: lecture presentations plus 6 working files: an HR strategy workbook, an HR metrics library, an HR strategy maturity assessment, an HR initiative ROI calculator, an HR initiatives roadmap planner and a PESTEL, SWOT and TOWS guide
- 222 ready-to-use tools inside the presentations:
- 48 templates and sample documents: HR strategy, HR initiative ROI calculation, HR strategy CEO presentation outline, stakeholder analysis matrix
- 47 question lists and scripts: CEO strategy interview, CEO objection response scripts, key strategic questions, HR strategy effectiveness
- 32 step-by-step procedures: business goals to HR metrics, HR strategy manager briefing agenda, five-step strategic planning, HR strategy development and formulation
- 30 scorecards, rubrics and matrices: TOWS matrix, RACI matrix, stakeholder power-interest matrix, business strategy to HR alignment
- 29 formulas and metric sets: HR initiative cost-benefit analysis, hiring needs calculation, annualized turnover calculation, human capital management metrics
- 27 checklists: quarterly HR strategy review, organizational structure evaluation, performance metric quality, HR strategy effectiveness criteria
- 7 ready AI prompts and 2 other working tools: HR strategy maturity analysis, HR budget justification, HR strategy maturity checklist, HR strategy calendar
- 150 models and methods explained with examples: Outside-In HR, Ulrich HR model, objectives and key results (OKR), Porter generic strategies
- 9 services shown on screen, including Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, Creatio and Kissflow
Where the tools are
The HR strategy (3 sections, 30 tools). Ulrich outside-in assessment, PESTEL, SWOT, TOWS, metrics, budget and resources.
HR metrics (1 section, 64 tools). Metrics for the strategic HR plan.
Business finance (1 section, 63 tools). Finance modules for the strategic HR leader.
Strategic planning (1 section, 48 tools). Planning and strategy sessions.
Workforce planning (1 section, 82 tools). Headcount forecasting and planning.
Strategic HR management (1 section, 122 tools). Talent strategy and strategic HR management.
Who is teaching
I am Mike, the #1 HR instructor on Udemy, with 1,800,000+ course enrollments from 170,000 students, and the author of about 200 books on Amazon. I built the people system at Preply as it became a unicorn and worked at Wargaming, iDeals and Alfa-Bank across 20 years in HR. I hold PHRi, SHRM-CP and HCI sHRBP certifications and represent HRCI in Eastern Europe.
My first work with strategy was at Alfa-Bank, and it was a recruiting strategy. As a recruiter I became the right hand of the head of recruitment: I budgeted all recruiting costs, prepared the plan and developed the strategy with him, and because I was good with Excel and PowerPoint, I turned our discussions into the presentation for management.
How to use the course
Start with the HR strategy sections, then use the metrics, finance, planning and workforce sections to complete it. Section and lecture titles show how many tools are inside, and each lecture description lists them by name.
What is included
- 41 lectures across 9 sections, 20 hours
- 43 downloadable resources: lecture presentations and 6 working files
- 387 tools across the lessons, including 9 services shown on screen
- A 10-question practice test, a quiz and a role play
- Lifetime access to all materials
- Active instructor support in the Q&A section
- A Udemy Certificate of Completion
Where to start
Write down the three business goals for this year and the HR contribution to each, then open the first section. Enrol now and start your first lesson today.
Who this course is for:
- HR directors starting in a new company
- HR managers asked to write an HR strategy
- HR business partners working with leadership
- CEOs and founders building an HR function
- HR professionals preparing for a director role