How can senior HR leaders prepare themselves to drive enterprise transformation through people?

Organisations today are navigating significant changes in the world of work, shaped by advances in artificial intelligence, shifting workforce expectations, and growing complexity across organisations and markets.

According to McKinsey & Company’s HR Monitor 2025, 73% of organisations conduct operational workforce planning, yet only a small share links these efforts to future skill needs.

As workforce requirements evolve and technology reshapes roles, CHROs are increasingly expected to anticipate future talent needs and guide organisations through sustained transformation.


The role extends beyond traditional human resources leadership to encompass enterprise strategy, governance, organisational design, and value creation. Senior HR leaders are expected to influence CEOs and boards, manage people-related risks, strengthen leadership and culture, and make informed decisions about the workforce in an increasingly technology-enabled environment.

In this environment, Indian School of Business (ISB) Executive Education’s Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) Programme is designed to equip senior HR leaders with the strategic judgement, business acumen, and leadership capabilities required to translate human capital into sustained enterprise value.

Developing enterprise-level CHRO capability

Delivered over 43 weeks through a blend of live-online learning, asynchronous modules, peer learning, and campus immersions, the programme integrates workforce strategy, enterprise leadership, organisational effectiveness, and digital decision-making into a progressive learning journey. A business leadership challenge runs alongside the learning experience, enabling participants to apply concepts to enterprise-relevant challenges and strengthen their ability to translate insight into organisational action.

The design reflects the expanding responsibilities of contemporary CHROs, who must connect people strategy with business performance while navigating technological change, governance expectations, and changing workforce needs. Through sessions led by ISB faculty and senior industry practitioners, participants develop their understanding of strategic decision-making, leadership systems, organisation design, and the responsible use of AI. Peer learning circles and campus immersions further enable participants to exchange perspectives, examine complex challenges, and strengthen their leadership judgement.

Capabilities to navigate complexity and drive organisational outcomes

The programme strengthens participants’ ability to integrate business strategy, human capital, and organisation design to drive enterprise value and productivity. It develops the judgement required to engage with CEOs, CXOs, and boards on strategic priorities, financial implications, governance, and people-related risk. Participants also examine how talent, leadership, and culture can be developed as strategic assets that contribute to organisational performance.

Participants build the capability to design future-ready organisations, strengthen workforce planning and succession systems, and align performance and reward mechanisms with enterprise objectives. The curriculum also explores people analytics, decision science, and AI-enabled decision-making, equipping leaders to use data and technology responsibly while addressing questions of ethics, governance, and organisational trust. By broadening their perspective beyond the HR function, participants are better equipped to manage complexity, influence enterprise decisions, and translate people-related initiatives into measurable business outcomes.

A structured learning journey from people strategy to enterprise leadership

The programme is structured around five integrated dimensions: Talent and Value Creation-Leading Self and Teams; Enterprise Strategy and Board Leadership; Future-Ready Organisation and Culture; Digital, AI and Decision Intelligence; and Leading HR Globally. Together, these dimensions build the capabilities required of CHROs as enterprise leaders, boardroom contributors, organisation architects, digital stewards, and global people strategists.

Participants engage with themes including workforce strategy and talent economics, leadership development and succession planning, business strategy and financial perspectives for CHROs, board engagement, risk and governance, organisation design, performance and rewards, people analytics, AI governance, and global HR leadership. This progression enables participants to connect workforce and talent decisions with business strategy, strengthen their ability to operate at enterprise and board level, and lead people strategy across complex organisational and global environments.

Designed for senior HR leaders preparing for enterprise roles

The programme is designed for senior executives with 10 or more years of work experience who are on track to become CHROs or aspire to take on broader enterprise leadership responsibilities. It is also suited to senior HR professionals holding roles such as Vice President, General Manager, or CHRO who want to strengthen their strategic perspective and stay abreast of developments shaping the discipline. Professionals seeking to become trusted advisors to CEOs and CXOs, with the capabilities to support business growth and digital transformation, will find the programme particularly relevant. Exposure to the fundamentals of business strategy, people systems, and processes would be an advantage.

By combining academic learning with practical application, faculty engagement, peer exchange, and immersive experiences, the programme enables participants to strengthen their business acumen, leadership judgement, and ability to influence enterprise-wide decisions. It prepares senior HR leaders to move beyond functional responsibilities and contribute more directly to organisational strategy, transformation, and long-term value creation.

Programme Details

Dates:	November 28, 2026 – September 27, 2027
Duration:	43 weeks
Format:	On-campus and live-online
Fees:	₹6,30,000 + applicable taxes
Eligibility:	Graduate or equivalent diploma qualification (10+2+3) from a recognised university, with 10+ years of work experience

On successful completion, participants receive a certificate from ISB Executive Education and gain ISB Executive Alumni status, providing access to a global network of professionals, continued learning opportunities, and exclusive engagements.

Applications are open for the upcoming cohort. ISB’s Chief Human Resources Officer Programme is designed for senior HR leaders seeking to strengthen their enterprise perspective, deepen their strategic influence, and lead organisational transformation through people in a rapidly evolving business environment.

Know more about the programme here.