Built for People - People Ops as a Product
6 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
We'll help you to transform your people team impact by taking the best elements of a product management approach
Hosted by
Jessica Zwaan and Matt Bradburn
VP People, CPO, COO, Founder, Lawyer, Author - they've seen it all
Course overview
Companies are made of people, and getting the people work done right is HARD
The old way of doing People Ops is slowing you down and leading to poor outcomes.
You're relying on centres of excellence, or launching another engagement survey that feels, well, disengaged.
Instead - you should be solving problems and having impact.
Every business has three products they are building: A customer facing product, a investor facing product, and a people facing product. Approaching your people product with the rigor and practice of a product management team, and you will start to see results.
Join us to learn a new approach to make this far easier, in a clear and practical way.
✨Second Cohort - January 2024✨
Who is this course for
01
Experienced People Leaders who want to transform their approach
02
People Partners or HRBPs, who want to learn more about a much more innovative approach
03
Founders, Execs or COOs who want to learn about how to build a modern people function
What you’ll get out of this course
A revolutionary and practical approach to People Ops
- We'll help you rip off the bandaid, and learn a method which enables you to be well ahead of the crowd.
The ability to have a far greater impact in your role.
- We have designed this course so that you can build your people ops org in a way to have maximum impact on the people product of your business. Taking your approach from administrative to deeply commercial.
- Your CEO, investors, and team will love it 🙌
A chance to go beyond the book
- Jessica poured her heart into writing "Built for People" where she outlines the methodology and approach to 'People Ops as a Product' and this is your chance to put those learnings into practise alongside your peers.
A renewed love for your work in People Ops
- We know folks have had a brutal time of it recently, and we believe this approach will refresh and renew things for those where it's gotten stale.
A fully formed roadmap and business case for your company
- We want you leaving this course, not just with a new mindset, but the actual plan to put it into action. Oh, and hopefully a few new friends to boot ✨
Built for People - People Ops as a Product
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Meet your People-People
Jessica Zwaan
COO @ Whereby and Startup Advisor - People / Commercial / Legal
Jessica is a hands-on COO and Startup Advisor with a background in Legal, People, and Operations. I find my joy in diverse, kind, and world-changing companies of excellent people, which is why I am at Whereby, where our mission is to build a world where anywhere works. (✨How fantastic is that?)
Matt Bradburn
Founder @ People Collective / Community Builder / Startup Advisor / Dad
Matt is mildly obsessed with People Ops, to put it lightly. He's spent 15 years working through that obsession, including time leading teams at Qubit, Lyst and Peakon. He then setup The People Collective to help scaling companies get their people ops work done right.
He's also facilitated over 100 cohorts of their manager development programme, and loves sharing his knowledge.
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Built for People - People Ops as a Product
Cohort Dos
$998 USD
Dates
Jan 8—Feb 16, 2024
Payment Deadline
Jan 7, 2024
Course syllabus
01
👋 Introduction to People Operations as a Product
- Understanding the challenges and opportunities in the evolving business landscape
- Introduction to the role of Product Management in driving successful outcomes
- Embracing the mindset of a Product Manager in People Operations
02
🎛️ Redefining the Employee Experience
- Applying Product Management principles to People Operations
- Standing out in the marketplace of culture, understanding your USP and ICP
- Identifying the key components of the employee experience
- Rewriting our job descriptions: People Partnering for the future
03
📊 Metrics for success & thinking about outputs
- Defining key metrics and indicators of People Ops success
- Measuring the impact of People initiatives on business outcomes
- Making data-driven and evidence-based decisions in People Operations
04
🔥 Execution and Iteration in Agile People Operations
- Establishing cross-functional squad teams in People Operations
- Planning and executing People projects using Agile methodologies
- What is first principles thinking? How to solve problems from their base.
- Iterating and improving People practices and processes based on feedback and data
05
🪄 Embedding Agile Principles in People Operations
- Understanding the Build-Measure-Learn and Minimum Viable Product (MVP) concepts
- User research
- Leveraging Agile frameworks for improved collaboration and adaptability
- Mock retrospective
06
👩🔬 What’s next? Evidence-based decision making and leadership
- How to embed this way of working
- Writing a business case for People Ops as a Product
- How to influence your team and leaders towards People Ops?
- The future from here, how to build on this methodology?
- What ways of working are dead?
Course schedule
3-4 hours per week
Every Week
1x Core Session - Theory and discussion
90 mins
Our cohort leaders will run through the theory, along with open discussion and shared experiences.
1x Core Session - Practical Workshop
90 mins
We'll dive into the thick of it and give you the chance to work with your peers to build towards your roadmap and plan.
1x Sharing / AMA Session
60 mins
Group chat on homework or sharing articles, or just a chance to connect and ask each other questions.
Throughout the course
Course mentoring
60 mins
Our course leaders, Jessica and Matt, will be hosting 1:1 sessions and mentoring throughout. Each member of the cohort will have at least one 1:1 during the program.
Organisational Design Principles Workshop
Are we a lean, highly-skilled team? Or are we building a business that is highly distributed, high-volume, and low-barrier to entry?
It’s crucial to understand the product you’re building, and it is just as important to understand how to build and design an organisation that compliments your product strategy.
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This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects
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You’ll be interacting with other learners through breakout rooms and project teams
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Built for People - People Ops as a Product
Cohort Dos
$998 USD
Dates
Jan 8—Feb 16, 2024
Payment Deadline
Jan 7, 2024