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The Future of HR is Data-Driven. ARE YOU READY?

DATE: November 18th 2026
  12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
CHAPTER: Webinar
LANGUAGE: English

Data and analytics literacy are becoming essential skills for HR professionals. Join this free webinar to explore how people analytics can turn workforce data into practical insights, inform decisions and strengthen HR’s contribution to business outcomes.

You’ll also be introduced to the CPHR People Analytics & Intelligence Learning Pathway, including the Foundations Course and Certification Program, with options to deepen your knowledge and build your skills.

This webinar is open to all HR professionals interested in people analytics, regardless of their experience with data.





Power BI Foundations Course

DATE: January 14th 2027
  6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
CHAPTER: Webinar
LANGUAGE: English

Live Virtual  |  Two classes, two hours each  |  6-8 PM, January 14 & 21, 2027

This guided pre-course gives HR professionals with little or no Power BI experience the practical foundation needed to use data with confidence. Through carefully paced instruction, hands-on practice and optional support, participants build a workforce report and use it to explore a decision-relevant question. 

The goal is not to create data scientists. It is to equip HR professionals to combine what they already understand about people with analytical capabilities and the systems needed to make insight possible.

Course Design

  • Two, two-hour classes.
  • Each class combines approximately one hour of guided instruction and demonstration with one hour of supported, hands-on practice.
  • One prepared HR dataset and one report developed across both classes.
  • Deliberately paced for participants with little or no Power BI experience.

Class 1: Building a Clear People Analytics & Intelligence Report

Purpose: build confidence in Power BI by creating clear data visualizations.

  • How Power BI supports HR decision-making.
  • Navigating the report canvas, data fields and visual tools.
  • Opening a prepared HR dataset and understanding the information available.
  • Creating a headcount card, department chart and slicer.
  • Arranging and formatting visuals, titles and labels.
  • Applying simple chart selection and design principles.

Class outcome: a clear, one-page workforce overview that participants can navigate and explain.

Class 2: Exploring Workforce Questions and Communicating Insight

Purpose: use the data to explore a workforce question and communicate what the information means for a decision.

  • Starting with a clear organizational or workforce question.
  • Using filters, slicers and sorting to explore the data.
  • Examining patterns in tenure, absence, location or employment type.
  • Distinguishing a metric, an observation and an insight.
  • Explaining what was observed, why it may matter and what should be examined next.
  • Applying privacy and small-group considerations.

Class outcome: a People Analytics & Intelligence report with a decision-focused explanation of its key finding.

Optional Support Sessions

  • Review difficult steps and troubleshoot technical issues.
  • Repeat key skills through screen-sharing and guided practice.
  • Introduce no new required content.

 

Participant Outcomes

By the end of the Foundations Course, participants will be able to:

  • Navigate the Power BI interface with confidence.
  • Build and format common workforce visuals.
  • Use filters, slicers and sorting to explore a workforce question.
  • Distinguish reporting from decision-relevant insight.
  • Communicate a finding with appropriate context and caution.

Begin the Certification course ready to focus on interpretation, storytelling and decision support





People Analytics & Intelligence Certification

DATE: February 4th 2027
  6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
CHAPTER: Webinar
LANGUAGE: English

Thursdays in Feb 4, 11, 18, 25

Program Overview

In today's fast-paced Canadian workplace, HR professionals are under growing pressure to make confident, data-driven decisions. At the same time, they need to clearly communicate those decisions across the organization. Yet many still feel unsure about how to find the right data, interpret it effectively, and turn it into insights others can understand and act on.

This program was designed to change that. Through hands-on, interactive training and use of Microsoft Power BI, participants learn how to translate complex HR data into clear, compelling visuals and stories that influence decisions and spark meaningful conversations. No technical background required.

Over the course of the program, participants explore the principles of effective data visualization, develop practical storytelling and design skills, and apply their learning through real-world HR-focused projects.

This program is designed for all HR professionals, from CHROs across the entire team. Whether new to analytics or looking to sharpen existing skills, it offers a supportive environment to build confidence, strengthen communication, and lead with insight.

Why attend?

  • HR is increasingly expected to make confident, data-driven decisions and communicate them clearly across the organization
  • People Analytics positions HR as a strategic enabler, not a reporting function, by translating workforce data into insight that supports decisions
  • Data and analytics literacy in HR have moved from a differentiator to a baseline expectation

Format

  • Delivered live virtually, with time reserved for questions
  • Foundations Course completion is recommended, not required, for the Certification Course
  • Participants continuing to the Foundations or Certification course will need a PC laptop with Power BI Desktop (free) installed

Stage

Format

Duration

Date

Outcome

1. Overview Webinar

Virtual, live

45–60 minutes

12 PM, November 18th, 2026

Informed decision to enroll in the Foundations and/or Certification course

2. Power BI Foundations Course

Virtual, live (2 classes)

2 hours per class (4 hours total)

6-8 PM, January 14 & 21, 2027

A completed workforce report and the baseline Power BI skills needed for the Certification course

3. People Analytics & Intelligence Certification

Virtual, live (4 classes)

3 hours per class (12 hours total)

6-9 PM, February 4,11,18,25 2027

Certificate of completion, 12 CPHR renewal hours, and a presented practicum project




Using the Coach Approach for HR

DATE: March 11th 2027
  1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
CHAPTER: Webinar
LANGUAGE: English

KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES

  • Apply coaching skills to HR conversations and leadership interactions
  • Structure powerful questions that unlock insight and drive accountability
  • Support performance, engagement and change through a coach approach
  • Build a coaching culture that multiplies impact across your organization

PROGRAM DETAILS

Format: Virtual Online Delivery
Structure: 3 Modules × 3 Hours Each
Dates: March 11, 18, 25 - 2027
Time: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Atlantic)
Capacity: Maximum 24 Participants
Offering: Inaugural Cohort — Fall 2026

CPD COMPETENCY AREAS

  • Communication, Conflict Resolution & Relationship
  • Management
  • Learning and Development
  • Engagement
  • Change Management & Cultural Transformation
  • Professional and Ethical Practice

MODULE HIGHLIGHTS

Module 1 · March 11, 2027
Using Coaching to Lead & Activate — Introduction to the coaching framework and two core skills.

Module 2 · March 18, 2027
Evoke & Generate — Structuring coaching sessions and powerful questions that unlock insight.

Module 3 · March 25, 2027
Declare & Launch — Action planning, accountability, and integrating the coach approach into daily HR practice