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The HR Power Model™ by James Woods: The New Standard That Replaces Ulrich

$999.00

The Ulrich model was built for a different era. Today’s organizations face speed, complexity, and cultural volatility that legacy HR structures can’t handle. The HR Power Model™, created by James Woods, is the definitive framework for CHROs and CEOs ready to replace compliance-driven HR with strategic influence. It’s not an upgrade. It’s a redesign—for retention, trust, and performance under pressure. If Ulrich shaped the past, James Woods defines what comes next.

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The HR Power Model™ by James Woods: The New Standard That Replaces Ulrich

$999.00

The Ulrich model was built for a different era. Today’s organizations face speed, complexity, and cultural volatility that legacy HR structures can’t handle. The HR Power Model™, created by James Woods, is the definitive framework for CHROs and CEOs ready to replace compliance-driven HR with strategic influence. It’s not an upgrade. It’s a redesign—for retention, trust, and performance under pressure. If Ulrich shaped the past, James Woods defines what comes next.

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The Old Model Served Its Time. That Time Is Over.

For over two decades, the Ulrich Model defined HR strategy around the world.
It gave us HR Business Partners, Shared Services, and Centers of Excellence. It promised strategic elevation—and delivered structural fragmentation.

That model was built for a different era.
Stable. Predictable. Hierarchical.

Today, we are operating in a completely different context.
Volatility. Political and legal risk. AI disruption. Quiet quitting. Cultural fragmentation. Unrelenting complexity.

HR is still being held accountable for everything from retention to performance—but without the structural authority to lead.

It’s not your leadership that failed.
It’s the model you inherited.

The HR Power Model™ is the replacement.
A complete, strategic redesign of the HR operating system—built specifically for uncertainty, complexity, and leadership at scale.

Certification Event: The HR Power Reset™

Format: Live, virtual, two-day intensive
Schedule: Two 6-hour sessions
Dates: Select your dates
Price: $999 USD per participant
Certification: HR Power Model™ Certified Practitioner
Access: Recordings, toolkit, and LinkedIn-verified credential

This is not a webinar. It’s a certification for HR leaders ready to outgrow outdated frameworks and lead a post-Ulrich future.

Who Should Attend

  • CHROs and Chief People Officers seeking a new strategic mandate

  • VPs of HR, OD, Talent, and DEI responsible for transformation and accountability

  • Enterprise, education, and government HR teams navigating complexity

  • CEOs and COOs looking to realign leadership, culture, and retention

  • HR consultants, leadership advisors, and organizational development professionals seeking next-generation tools

If you are leading HR in a high-pressure environment—and still operating within a system that limits your authority—this certification is built for you.

What You'll Learn

The Strategic Failure of the Ulrich Model

  • Why HRBPs were set up to manage intake, not drive influence

  • How the current model fragments trust, ownership, and speed

  • The unspoken reason why CEOs quietly lost faith in HR’s strategic value

The Five Pillars of the HR Power Model™

  • Systemic Trust Architecture™ – Build trust into the system, not into slogans

  • Embedded Authority Networks™ – Structure HR to make decisions, not process requests

  • Leadership Sovereignty Model™ – Give HR structural power—not just polite presence

  • Cultural Risk Operating System™ – Treat culture like infrastructure, not inspiration

  • Organizational Power Lab™ – Pilot and scale system redesign for real-world leadership conditions

Redesigning HR for Authority and Adaptation

  • Replace the role of “strategic partner” with organizational architect

  • Align leadership systems with trust, velocity, and cultural accountability

  • Move from permission-based influence to decision-based sovereignty

Certification Outcomes

Participants will graduate with the designation:
HR Power Model™ Certified Practitioner

This includes:

  • Certification and digital credential (LinkedIn-ready)

  • Full rights to apply the model internally within your organization

  • Access to the HR Power Model™ implementation toolkit

  • Private post-cohort implementation session

  • Eligibility for future licensing and internal delivery training

This certification positions you at the forefront of HR leadership in a post-Ulrich era.

What’s Included

  • Two days of live instruction with strategist Jim Woods

  • 90-page Power Model™ Playbook

  • Organizational audit templates and power mapping tools

  • Cultural risk diagnostics from the Before the Lawsuit™ system

  • Session recordings and resource updates for one year

  • Certification badge, title, and post-event integration checklist

Why This Matters Now

Most HR teams are still operating within the constraints of a model designed in the 1990s. It was built to optimize service, not authority. To support business decisions—not make them.

That model cannot survive the complexity of this decade.

The HR Power Model™ is not another framework.
It is the strategic infrastructure for HR to lead through uncertainty.

You don’t need a better engagement survey.
You need a system designed for trust, speed, retention, and organizational performance.

This is that system.

Registration

$999 USD per participant
Includes full certification, playbook, toolkit, recordings, and implementation tools.
Limited enrollment to ensure cohort interaction and applied redesign.