Program Overview

Leadership for HR Professionals

Overview

The Leadership for HR Professionals course brings together three complementary perspectives on the future of work: culture, well-being, and personal growth.

Curriculum

Participants will explore how organisational culture can act both as a catalyst for competitive advantage and a barrier to change, while learning to approach culture as both strategy and play. Building on this, the course examines how HRM practices can support and optimise worker well-being through evidence-based approaches, offering tools to monitor, predict, and prevent challenges such as burnout. Finally, participants will be guided to reflect on their own strengths and aspirations, discovering practical strategies for job and career crafting that foster energy, satisfaction, and long-term success.

Faculty

• Prof. Dr. Maria Tims: Full Professor in the Future of Work Design at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, with expertise in work design and proactivity, and worker well-being.
  • Research areas: work design, proactivity, worker well-being
• Jos Akkermans: Full Professor of Sustainable Careers at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, with a focus on understanding how workers can develop successful and sustainable careers.
  • Research areas: career shocks, career transitions, employability
• Jasmine (Wenjia) Chang: Researcher at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, with a focus on human resource integration in cross-border post-M&As.
  • Research areas: human resource integration, cross-border post-M&As
• Ernst Graamans: Assistant Professor of Culture and Leadership at the Department of Management and Organisation, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
  • Research areas: organisational culture, change management, leadership
• Susanne Beijer: Assistant Professor of HRM and Organisational Behavior at the department of Management and Organisation at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
  • Research areas: survey research, HR practices, worker well-being

Program Details

The course integrates insights from leadership, psychology, and HRM, equipping participants to lead meaningful change within themselves, their teams, and their organisations. By exploring the intersections of culture, well-being, and personal growth, participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of the future of work and how to navigate its challenges effectively. The program is designed to provide participants with practical strategies and tools to enhance their leadership capabilities and drive positive change in their organisations.