HR Reframed Masterclass:
The HR Leader Edition
Know What's Coming. Build What's Next. Lead From the Front
Next Cohort: Friday, August 28, 2026 · Live Virtual · Cohort of 10–15
Six Sessions each Friday at 9:00 AM EST
Registration closes August 21st
The HR role is changing. This is where you get ahead of it.
A live, cohort-based masterclass for senior HR leaders who advise the business on talent — and want to understand what AI means for their role, their team, and their career. Real skills. Real peers. A practitioner who has been inside the organizations where this is playing out.
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This class is designed for:
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Senior HR Business Partners or HR Generalist with 10+ years advising business leaders on talent and people strategy
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HR Directors, VPs of HR, and Talent Management leaders shaping how organizations perform
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Directors and VPs of Org Effectiveness — designing structure, capability, and ways of working
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Directors and VPs of Employee Relations — managing the work most at risk of automation
FORMAT AT A GLANCE
3 Masterclass Sessions
Deep-dive 2 hour live sessions focused on the strategic AI transition for HR Leaders.
3 Professional Development Sessions
60-minute sessions focused on career navigation and network building.
Small Cohort Size
Limited to 10–15 Sr. HR Leaders to ensure a highly personalized environment.
Presentations Recorded
Recordings provided after every session so you can revisit the content at any time. Breakouts not recorded to allow for open conversation.Â
Practical Homework
Grounded in real scenarios, homework is designed to build the skills for the next version of your role.
Timing & Format
Fridays 9:00 AM EST. Virtual format accessible from anywhere.
ABOUT THE PROGRAm
AI is reshaping the HR Leader role — and the pace of change is unlike anything the function has seen before. The tasks that have defined the function for decades are being automated, augmented, and restructured. The HR Leaders who thrive in the next three years will not be the ones who worked hardest at the old version of the job. They will be the ones who understood what was changing — and got ahead of it.
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The HR Leader Reframed is a live, cohort-based masterclass that gives you exactly that. Six live sessions across six weeks: three masterclass sessions to understand and build with AI and three professional development sessions to build the career that goes with it. A peer cohort. Global CHRO guest speakers. And a practitioner who has been inside the organizations where this is playing out.
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You will not just hear about AI. You will build with it, map your role against it, and walk away with a 90-day plan that is yours to keep — and a peer cohort you will keep long after the program ends.
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WHAT YOU WILL WALK AWAY WITH
​The Ability To:
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Future-proof your career and build the skills for the next version of your role
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Map your own role honestly — which tasks are at risk, which are augmented, which become more valuable
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Think critically alongside AI rather than simply executing what it produces
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Articulate a clear vision of what the strategic HR Leader looks like — and what it takes to get there
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Have a different conversation with your CHRO about where HR is heading
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Leave with a personal 90-day AI roadmap and a peer cohort you will keep long after the program ends
Session #1
Friday June 26 · 10:00 AM–12:00 PM CST
- Understand the landscape of AI agents and how they differ from simple chatbots.
- Map your career tasks to identify high-value strategic opportunities and areas at risk of automation.
Session #1
Friday, Aug 28 · 9 –11 AM EST
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See AI transforming your role live — enterprise HR automation already in production
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Hear directly from senior HR leaders navigating this inside their organizations right now
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Leave with a clear picture of what is changing — and what you need to do about it
Session #4
Friday, Sept 25 · 9 –10 AM EST
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The relationships that make your next move possible
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Frameworks and real scripts for building influence across the business
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Including the conversation with your CHRO you have been putting off
CLASS DESCRIPTIONS
Session #2
Tuesday June 30 · 12:00–1:00 PM CST
- Get hands-on by building your first AI agent tailored to a real HRBP scenario.
- Learn to prompt with precision and think critically alongside AI outputs to enhance your decision-making.
Session #2
Friday, Sept 11 · 9 –10 AM EST
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Understand the human side of AI transformation before you build anything
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Learn a framework for reading your organization's readiness honestly
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Leave knowing exactly what you are walking back into on Monday
Session #5
Friday, Oct 2 · 9 –11 AM EST
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Pressure-test your vision of the new strategic job with your peers
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Hear senior HR leaders answer directly: what do I actually need from my team right now?
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Leave with your 90-day plan — built across the program, completed in this session
Session #3
Friday July 10 · 10:00 AM–12:00 PM CST
- Reframe your professional identity for the age of AI.
- Develop a 90-day roadmap to navigate your organisation's transition and lead as a strategic, AI-literate HR partner.
Session #3
Friday, Sept 18 · 9 –11 AM EST
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Build a real AI agent — live, guided, applied to your actual role
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Map which tasks get automated, which get augmented, which become more valuable
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Hear from practitioners already running AI inside their organizations
Session #6
Friday, Oct. 9th · 9 –10 AM EST
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AI identity and how you show up in uncertainty
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Build your internal and external brand — you are not your job title
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The send-off: complete your plan, commit to the cohort, leave knowing you have got this
WHO IS THIS PROGRAM DESIGNED FOR?
You are in the right place if you are ...
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A Senior HR Business Partner or HR Generalist with 10+ years advising business leaders on talent, org effectiveness, and people strategy
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An HR Director or VP of HR owning the function and sitting at the leadership table
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A Director or VP of Talent Management shaping succession, performance, and development
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A Director or VP of Org Effectiveness or Org Design — thinking about structure, capability, and ways of working
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Directors and VPs of Employee Relations — managing the work most at risk of automation
ABOUT THE FACILITATOR
Jessica Smith
Chief People Officer · Global HR Leader, Hays · Amazon · AWS · Meta · Founder, Reframing HR
Jess Smith is a Chief People Officer with 15+ years leading HR at scale inside some of the world's most demanding organizations — Amazon, AWS, Meta, and Hays Americas. She has built and led HR functions across the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Europe, and Asia Pacific. She completed MIT's Leadership for the AI Age program in 2026. She founded Reframing HR to give senior HR leaders the technical literacy and strategic confidence to lead what comes next — not react to it.​
This masterclass is built on what she has seen inside organizations — not on theory. Every session reflects real situations, real decisions, and real conversations. Her goal for every session: you walk out knowing you have got this.
WANT MORE INFORMATION
Free Information Sessions
Join us for a brief overview of the program. We'll walk through the curriculum, meeting schedule, and what you can expect from the cohort experience. Info sessions are biweekly.Â
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Biweekly on Wednesdays - 30 minutes.
15 min program overview. 15 min open Q&A.
4:00 PM CST · 5:00 PM EST
INVEST IN YOUR CAREER
HR Reframed — The HR Leader Edition
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Fridays · 8:00 AM CST · 9:00 AM EST
August 28 · September 11 · September 18 · September 25 · October 2 · October 9
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Price: $997.00
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6 live sessions across 6 weeks
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Small cohort of 10–15 — curated, cross-company, peer-driven
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Global HR leaders and CHROs in the room — fireside format, you ask the questions
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Personal 90-day AI roadmap — built week by week, yours to keep
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Private LinkedIn cohort group — stays active long after the program ends
Registration closes August 21, 2026