Strategic Influence
For HR Business Partners
Available spots
Description
Duration: 3.5 hours | Format: Virtual, live session This energizing workshop helped HR Business Partners elevate their ability to influence across the organization — even without formal authority. Participants learned how to map stakeholders, tailor influence strategies to different leadership styles, and navigate competing priorities in complex systems. Through a mix of frameworks, role-play, and group discussion, the session focused on real-world application, preparing HRBPs to build credibility, shift perspectives, and drive action. Key takeaways for HRBPs included: - A toolkit for diagnosing influence challenges - Techniques for stakeholder mapping and message framing - Practice using storytelling and empathy to build alignment - Confidence in stepping into their role as strategic change agents
Upcoming Sessions
Why Learn from April & Kim
We’ve been in your shoes. We know the pressure to be strategic while putting out daily fires. We’ve had the tough conversations, translated the data, coached reluctant leaders, and earned a seat at the table — because we’ve been HR Business Partners ourselves, and we’ve developed and led HRBP teams through real complexity.
CEO, The HiPo Network Inc | HR leader, best practice expert and HR Consultant
April Hannon
April has spent her career navigating the realities of being a trusted HR partner inside complex institutions like Harvard University, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess, New England Baptist Hospital, and numerous other universities and organizations across the US. She has walked the path from tactical operator to strategic advisor — and now dedicates her work to developing high potential, high-performing HR leaders who deliver results and expand mission. Leaders people want to follow. April knows how to spot the spark in a high-potential HRBP — and how to help them shine.
3X Chief People Officer, | Executive Coach & HR Strategy Consultant
Kim Castelda
Kim has led HR teams and served as the CPO during times of rapid growth, cultural transformation, and economic uncertainty in both technology and education sectors. Kim is deeply knowledgeable about international HR and Mergers and Acquisitions. She’s developed and coached more than 1,000 leaders, including dozens of HRBPs, helping them build confidence, influence without authority, and speak the language of the business. She understands the push-pull HRBPs feel every day — and equips them with the tools to rise above the noise and drive impact.