The HRBP Lab - the program

What is the program about?

The program is the core of the HRBP Lab platform - we wanted to create a grounded, no-nonsense development program designed for HR Business Partners who want to bridge the gap between role expectations and the practical realities of their unique organizations. 

The program focuses on actionable tools, authentic influence-building, and real-life strategies and aims to be a basis for HR Business Partners to calibrate their capabilities within the expectations of their role in their context.

You can see the details of our full program, specializations or individual training days below and the full schedule here.

For registration or general questions, please use our contact form below.

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The program details

The HRBP Lab training program is an 8 days program focused on empowering HR Business Partners or those who aim to make this their career in the role of an HR Business Partner.

The program entails

  • 6 chapters organised on 8 days

  • 2 hours of individual coaching/mentoring

  • A business case to work on throughout the program

  • Tools and frameworks dedicated to dive into the role with (new) confidence to drive impact and contribution

The cost of the full program is 3.750,00 Euro + VAT.

(440/Training day + 115/coaching/mentoring slot)

To find the schedule planned for the full program here.

  • You will start your learning journey with us in this first module of the overall training program to: 

    • Understand the different roles and responsibilities an HR Business Partner position can entail in the market 

    • Learn about the skills behind the different roles and reflect about where you stand 

    • Familiarize with some hands on techniques and tools to define your support system and influence map

  • The second module  will dive into the topic of data for HR BPs - you will learn:

    • Familiarize yourself with the landscape of metrics relevant to understand the organisation

    • How to get from abstract vision to tangible data

    Get insights into storytelling with data as an HR Business Partner

  • The third module centers around understanding the business side via: 

    • An introduction to business and specifically personnel planning approaches

    • Understanding the commercial side of the business

    • Chiming in effectively as an HR Business Partner - models to contribute and impact

  • What you will be able to take in from this module: 

    • General pointers and tools to understand how you can shape company culture in your role as a BP Liaising with leadership effectively 

    • Using conflict resolution techniques in the right moment and situation in line with your role 

    • Effectively balancing business needs, leadership mentalities and employment law basics

  • In module 5 - split in 2 days, you will learn about: 

    • Your role as HR Business Partner in a change process

    • Understanding the purpose of the change

    • Clarifying your stakeholders

    • Communicating change with clarity, confidence and empathy

    • Introduction to drive change with a project management hat on

  • What is in this 2 days  module for you: 

    • Connecting what you have learnt

    • The different hats of the BP

    • Boundaries and burnout 

    • Mechanisms of why you stay in your way and how to overcome them 

    • How do skills, values and defense mechanisms come together to build your individual development plan

Our specialization packages in 2026

In 2026 the key focus areas for both companies and People teams are AI integration, large-scale transformations and the evolving landscape of setting up and collaborating with Works Councils. 

This shift in the market brings new challenges that will require HRBPs to find the right balance between business acumen, technological savviness and transformation readiness. Navigating these demands to create impact in their unique organisational context requires both having the right expertise, tools and mindset, but also a new layer of personal stability and growth.

By addressing this market landscape, our three specializations aim to provide the HRBPs with new skills, while focusing on the individual impact of the role - to keep authenticity, individual resilience and development in sync for a sustainable journey forward. 

Find the schedule for our specializations here.

AI readiness

4 Days of training, 2 individual coaching/mentoring sessions

Costs for the specialization package: 2.850,00 Euro + VAT

(650/session, 125/coaching/mentoring slot)

AI is already reshaping how organizations hire, develop and manage people.

Most HR teams are being asked to support AI adoption without the tools or skills to lead it.

In a market where there is a lot of noise, a fatigue of tools without the answer to “How does this apply to me?”, this specialization is built for HR professionals who need to move from observers to active drivers of AI-enabled change, while also becoming sharper practitioners in their own role.

Note: Participants will have to have their own access to any AI tool out there before the start of the course (Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT etc.)

  • Build the credibility and language to partner with leadership on AI strategy, as the person who understands what happens to people when you change how work gets done

  • Map how AI reshapes roles, identify where re-skilling is needed, and lead the change without creating panic

  • From Talent Acquisition to Onboarding, L&D and Performance Management - how do you enhance the processes through AI

  • Customizing AI usage to increase your personal effectiveness: Hands-on. Use AI to work faster and sharper in your own role,  while knowing what to keep human.

Transformation readiness

Often change feels either constant or spontaneous as it is triggered by the top and it's understood first by a few people.

And especially when transformation is pivotal for setting up the organisation differently, expertise and skill building to support these kinds of transformations ethically and successfully is often done too late. 

This is why we want to equip HRBPs with a dedicated insight into partnering transformations with high impact before the change hits. So transformation can be orchestrated more smoothly.

3 Days of training, 1 individual coaching/mentoring sessions

Costs for the specialization package: 2.075,00 Euro + VAT

(650/session, 125/coaching/mentoring slot)

  • Understanding the why, when and how of bigger transformations and the role you can play as HRBP in your organization

  • Learning about the right structure, insights, advocacy and leadership partnering to effectively contribute from start to adoption

  • Stakeholder enablement, communication, liaising with legal experts or employee representation bodies like a works council  

Works council readiness

2026, new works councils are getting elected across Germany. Some even for the first time. And diving into the implications on your work in the HR/People team and especially as an HRBP, is a starting point to build out a constructive collaboration with the body that is institutionalised for employee representation. 

This is not a legal consultation but the insights and learnings are structured around the touchpoints and approaches you can take from an HRBP and HR professional perspective.

2 Days of training, 3 individual coaching/mentoring sessions

Costs for the specialization package: 1.675,00 Euro + VAT

(650/session, 125/coaching/mentoring slot)

  • Understanding the necessary consideration from a People/HR perspective 

  • Setting up the collaborative foundation with the works council 

You have a dedicated need and want a flexible one off session only - just join us for the sessions of your choice:

We know that sometimes a full program or several days of training might not be the right fit for your current reality.

This is why we have built in the flexibility to join the sessions in this section as a one off session only. To get dedicated input and learning without a huge investment of time. 

Costs for the individual one off session: 900 Euro /training day + VAT

You can see all available dates in our schedule for 2026 here.

The flexible one off session

Starting point: foundations for partnership

Understanding business - the key to partnership 

Building culture - lead the partnership

Driving change - understanding the context purpose and the role of the HRBP in transformation

Driving change - implementing change effectively

Hard candy - driving insights through data as an HRBP 

Connecting the dots - from concept to contribution

Leading the AI conversation

AI Impact on Jobs, Skills & Work

Adopting AI in HR - AI across the employee lifecycle 

AI in the role of an HR professional

Contributing to transformation with the people experience in mind

Understanding the foundations of bigger transformations

Expectations and approaches in times of re-organisation or restructuring

Building out your working approach with the works council

Key works council touch points and processes

You want to register or have questions? Let´s talk.

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