Our Vision
To redefine what it means to be an HR Business Partner by making excellence accessible, practical, and achievable - for every HR Business Partner and every organization.
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Empowering HR Business Partners to contribute and lead with confidence and impact.
The HRBP Lab exists with one mission: to equip HR Business Partners with the skills, tools, and mindset needed to thrive in today’s dynamic business environment.
Whether you’re transitioning into the HRBP role, expanding your capabilities, or leading a team of HRBPs, our platform provides practical frameworks, expert guidance, and a supportive learning network to accelerate your growth.
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HR Business Partners play a crucial role in the business - balancing business needs with the people strategy so teams and leaders can best align their reality with what it takes to operate successfully. Sounds important and it is. Yet many HRBPs find themselves:
unclear about expectations
stretched between tactical tasks and strategic needs
lacking structured development pathways
without access to mentors or peer support
or unsure how to demonstrate strategic value to leaders
The HRBP Lab was founded to solve these challenges by offering a centralized learning and development hub tailored specifically for the HRBP career path.
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The HRBP Lab platform supports:
Aspiring HR Business Partners looking to enter the role with confidence
New and developing HRBPs building strong foundations
Experienced HRBPs refining advanced strategic skills
HR Leaders seeking structured development pathways for their teams
Organizations wanting consistent, high-quality HRBP capability building
No matter where you are in the HRBP journey, you’ll find relevant resources and support.
We blend real-world experience, evidence-based HR practices, and business-centric thinking to help HRBPs become trusted advisors to their organizations and being authentic to themselves and their individual spark along the way.
Our approach is built on four pillars:
The HRBP Lab approach
Skills-Based Development Program
Our HRBP Lab program aims to create a space for HR Business Partners or those who want to become one where the core competencies of the role can be surfaced and strengthened. Whilst keeping the individual contexts and pragmatic options in mind that are needed to build and develop the role in your organisation.
Training is available for individuals or through corporate-sponsored cohorts.
Community & Peer Support
People work is better when we learn together. Our private HRBP community connects professionals around the world to share experiences, ask questions, and build solutions together. We want the community to be a safe space for growth and ideation together as we strongly believe in the power of collaborative creation.
You can join our community events that we organise on a regular basis together with partners and people enthusiasts.
Practical Tools & Frameworks
A development program is a great beginning. We introduce tools and frameworks along the way and continuously reflect on how new approaches can shape the HRBPs´ reality in their context. We focus on usability. Every tool is designed to be actionable - templates, matrices, and playbooks you can implement immediately in your day-to-day work.
You can access our tools and frameworks via a quarterly subscription. We continuously work on expanding our offer - always keeping in mind what could really add value to your role´s challenges.
On-Demand Consulting
We offer tailored support for individuals or teams - from capability assessments to personalized coaching - helping HRBPs apply what they learn to their unique organizational context or helping apply the tooling or frameworks offered in real life in your context.
If interested, you can reach out to us for a 15 mins exploration call.
Meet the co-creators
The HRBP Lab was created by two people leaders with deep experience supporting business functions, developing HRBP teams, and building HR capability frameworks. After years of watching the different HRBPs struggles and development opportunities, the two co-creators were inspired to create a scalable solution that empowers HR professionals everywhere to grow into influential, strong partners to the businesses they are working in:
Doru Luchian
Co-creator HRBP Lab
With a background in HR Business Partnering and People Development, Doru has built and led teams across different organisations and industries.
As an experienced P&O leader, his approach mixes operational clarity, driving leaders through change, aligning cross-functional processes and a focus on growing people into strong partners for the business.
Dorothea Herm
Co-creator HRBP Lab
Doro is an experienced People & Organization leader, with a background in organizational psychology and senior HR roles across the tech sector.
Known for expertise in organizational development, HR strategy, change management and talent development, she brings a blend of psychological insight and business acumen to building people-centered cultures.
What Makes Us Different
The HRBP Lab is not just a training platform - it's a complete hub designed for long-term development.
Practical, not theoretical
Tools you can use immediately
Designed for real HR challenges in different unique contexts
Focused on business impact AND staying authentically yourself along the way
Built for individuals AND organizations
Community-driven learning
Integrates consulting, training, and resources
We bridge the gap between traditional HR training and the realities of partnering with the business.
Get in Touch
Whether you have a question, an idea, or just want to say hello, feel free to reach out—we’re here to help.