Program Objectives
After completing the program, participants will be able to:
Identify decisions where HR judgment should enter earlier.
Distinguish responsible HR counsel from misplaced management accountability.
Clarify decision ownership when roles and expectations become blurred.
Frame people concerns as consequential operational decisions.
Prepare conversations that make organizational consequences easier to understand.
Establish boundaries that preserve both relationships and accountability.
Contribute with greater clarity when options remain open.
Two-Part Live Online Curriculum
This live program helps HR professionals strengthen their influence through clearer judgment, better decision timing, and appropriate professional authority. Participants apply the work to a current situation, transforming reflection into practical next action.
Day One: Understanding Where HR Influence Has Changed
Participants examine how Human Resources can become responsible for managing outcomes without shaping the decisions that create them. The session helps participants map one current issue, distinguish advice from ownership, and identify where involvement must become clearer.
Day Two: Contributing Earlier and More Effectively
Participants strengthen the conversations, boundaries, and decision practices that help leaders use HR judgment before available options narrow. The session focuses on making organizational consequences visible, preserving management accountability, and preparing a credible path for continuing influence.
Applied Case Learning
The program uses a realistic workplace case involving unclear authority, delayed HR involvement, and a consequential people decision. Participants apply each tool to the case and may also use the approach with a current workplace situation.
What Registration Includes
Every registration includes:
Two live online sessions totaling three instructional hours.
A Decision Entry Guide for recognizing appropriate HR involvement.
A Decision Ownership Map for clarifying accountability.
A Conversation Planning Worksheet for consequential professional discussions.
A Workplace Application Guide for immediate practical use.
A Management Practice Plan supporting continued application.
A completion certificate documenting three instructional hours.
Certificate of Completion
Participants who attend both live sessions receive a Seattle Consulting Group Certificate of Completion. The certificate documents the program title, completion date, and three instructional hours.
Intended Audience
This program serves HR managers, HR business partners, HR generalists, employee relations professionals, and emerging Human Resources leaders. It is especially valuable for professionals who advise leaders, manage complex people concerns, and need their judgment to shape decisions before available choices narrow.
Registration
Individual Registration: CA$295 per participant
Available live cohorts include:
Tuesday–Wednesday, September 22–23, 2026 | 11:00 AM–12:30 PM MT | 1:00–2:30 PM ET
Tuesday–Wednesday, September 29–30, 2026 | 11:00 AM–12:30 PM MT | 1:00–2:30 PM ET
Tuesday–Wednesday, October 13–14, 2026 | 11:00 AM–12:30 PM MT | 1:00–2:30 PM ET
Tuesday–Wednesday, October 27–28, 2026 | 11:00 AM–12:30 PM MT | 1:00–2:30 PM ET
Tuesday–Wednesday, November 3–4, 2026 | 11:00 AM–12:30 PM MT | 1:00–2:30 PM ET
Tuesday–Wednesday, November 17–18, 2026 | 11:00 AM–12:30 PM MT | 1:00–2:30 PM ET
Organizations requiring internal purchasing approval may request an invoice and clear program description before registration.
Professional-Development Documentation
The completion certificate supports internal development records and employer reimbursement requests. This program does not represent pre-approved credential credit from any professional association.
Practical Value Guarantee
You may request a full refund within seven days after the second live session, without providing any justification. The guarantee gives participants enough experience to assess the program’s practical value and continuing usefulness.
About Seattle Consulting Group
Seattle Consulting Group is a global advisory and training firm helping organizations strengthen the leadership, management, and people decisions that shape everyday work.
Since 1998, our programs have reached more than 500,000 professionals and frontline employees across 51 countries, including people from the Government of Canada, the U.S. Army, Scotiabank, Pitney Bowes, Whirlpool, Southwest Airlines, the United Nations, the State of Tennessee, Estée Lauder, and Ameritas.