The Post Graduate Certificate Programme for Emerging Chief Human Resource Officers is designed to transform senior HR professionals into strategic enterprise leaders capable of shaping organizational direction through human capital.

The CHRO role has evolved from operational stewardship to strategic partnership. Today's CHROs translate workforce insights into competitive foresight, lead enterprise-wide transformation initiatives, apply advanced analytics to talent decisions, navigate complex regulatory and ethical landscapes, and align talent architecture with long-term business strategy.

The programme is spread over 12 Months and will be delivered through engaging live-interactive sessions by renowned IIM Indore faculty and Industry Experts.

6- Day On-Campus Immersion
Session Timings: 9:00 am - 1:15 pm on Sundays (Live interactive sessions)
Programme Start Date: July 2026

PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES:

Strategic Leadership: Cultivate the capacity to align people strategy with enterprise objectives, lead culture and change initiatives at scale, and shape the leadership agenda across the organization.
Enterprise-Level Decision Making: Learn to integrate HR perspectives into broader business contexts including financial performance, mergers and acquisitions, digital transformation, and risk management.
Data-Driven Insight and Analytics: Build proficiency in HR analytics, workforce modelling, predictive analytics, and evidence-based decision-making.
Cross-Functional Business Acumen: Engage with finance, operations, technology, and legal frameworks that shape the environment in which CHROs operate.
Leadership and Influence: Lead culture transformation and change programmes at enterprise scale, develop a coaching mindset, navigate power dynamics in C-suite contexts, and communicate HR value proposition to gain board-level buy-in.
Technology and Digital Transformation: Understand end-to-end HR digital architecture, leverage AI as a strategic workforce enabler, and lead HR's role in enterprise digital transformation.

Desired Candidate Profile

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:

Academic Qualification: Minimum 50% marks in UG/PG from any discipline
Professional Experience: Minimum 10 years of relevant work experience

Course Modules

PROGRAMME CURRICULUM:

Module 1: Strategic Human Resource Leadership

Leadership identity and styles.
Leadership philosophy, values, and approach to leading the people agenda at the enterprise level
Lead and design systems that balance performance discipline with psychological safety.
Upper Echelons, Transformational and Shared Leadership.
Power and Influence.

Module 2: Building Agile HR Teams

Role of organizational systems and structures in shaping agile HR teams.
Building of agile teams.
Interpersonal Dynamics in teams and dynamics and issues at group level.
Leadership issues at the group level and agile leadership traits at individual level.

Module 3: Strategic Human Resource Management

1) Strategic Workforce Planning and Talent Management:

Align current and emerging strategies with the workforce planning.
Create talent pipeline, succession planning and transitioning to digital economy.
Designing targeted retention strategies
Creating an engaging EVP to attract and retain top talent

2) Performance Management, Compensation, Rewards and Recognition for Optimal Organizational Performance:

Recognize the elements of contemporary business challenges and reinvent their understanding of performance management.
Aligning individual goals with organizational objectives.
Custom-tailored performance management systems to elevate organizational performance.
Link Compensation to Business Strategy and Value Creation
Total Rewards Architecture for Strategic Advantage
Executive Compensation and Board Governance.

Module 4: Navigating Labour Laws and Ethical HR Practices

Staying compliant with evolving labour laws and regulations.
Upholding ethical standards in HR decision-making and practices.
Mitigating legal risks and ensuring fair treatment of employees.

Module 5: Culture, Change, and Coaching

1) Leading Culture and Managing Change:

Designing and implementing a compelling Vision
Leading Change and Being a Change Agent
Designing OD Diagnosis and Interventions
Role of CHROs during Digital Transformation
Leadership in Crisis and Change
Culture as a source of Strategic Advantage

2) Developing a Coaching Mindset

Core principles and behaviours that define a coaching mindset
Attitudes, listening skills, and inquiry practices that enable effective coaching conversations.

Module 6: Employee Experience and Well-being

Designing employee-centric experiences to enhance engagement
Promoting work-life balance and mental health support.
Measuring and improving employee well being for organizational success

Module 7: HR Analytics and Data-Driven Insights

Building HR Analytics capabilities to extract actionable insights
Utilising data for evidence-based decision making and predictive modelling
Applying data driven insights to optimise HR processes and initiatives

Module 8: Strategic HR Business Partnering

Strengthening HR's role as a strategic partner to business leaders
Collaborating with stakeholders to drive organizational success
Communicating HR's value proposition to gain leadership buy-in

Module 9: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Strategies for Impact

Developing comprehensive DEI strategy to foster inclusive culture
Promoting DEI in recruitment, leadership, and decision making
Leveraging DEI for innovation and business success
Managing multigenerational workforce
Engaging employees in remote and hybrid work
Cross-cultural sensitivity for CHROs

Module 10: Cross-Functional Skills for CHROs

1) HR Leadership in M&A

Provide a foundational understanding of the HR role across the stages of mergers and acquisitions
Familiarize HR leaders with key people-related considerations that influence M&A success.
Build awareness of common cultural, structural, and communication challenges during M&A

2) Understanding Financial Statements as HR Leaders

Read, interpret, and analyze key financial statements and use these to link people decisions to business outcomes.
Understand how talent investments, productivity, and organizational costs reflect in financial performance.

3) Leveraging AI and Technology for HR Systems

End to end HR digital architecture
AI as a strategic workforce enabler
Digital Ethics, Governance and Responsible HR

Module 11: Capstone Project

EXECUTIVE EDUCATION ALUMNI STATUS

Participants who successfully complete the programme will be eligible for the Executive Education Alumni status of IIM Indore. They will be required to apply separately along with the necessary fee to register their name.