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HRSE (HR Summit & Expo)
Certified Workshops: 11 - 13 October 2026
Main Event & Exhibition: 14 - 15 October 2026
Future Workplace Awards: 14 October 2026
Dubai, UAE

Masterclass & Workshops

Our certified workshops and masterclasses empower HR leaders and professionals to gain practical skills, earn globally recognised credentials, and explore leadership frameworks that deliver measurable workplace impact.

Explore the Programmes

Harvard University Certified Masterclass: Leadership Startegies for the AI Age

Turn Pressure Into a Leadership Advantage.

A dynamic, evidence-based masterclass designed to help leaders navigate AI disruption, uncertainty, and rapid change with greater clarity, courage, and adaptability. You will:

  • Recognise pressure as a signal that can reveal risks and improve decision-making
  • Build trust and connection through honest, effective communication
  • Approach difficult conversations, strategic decisions, and uncertainty with confidence
  • Distinguish between influence and control to remain agile and sustain performance

This is where leaders learn to turn uncertainty from a source of hesitation into stronger relationships, courageous action, and sustainable growth.

ICF Workshop: Coaching HR Leaders to Drive Success

From Coaching Conversations to Organisational Transformation

An ICF-certified, insight-led workshop designed to help HR leaders navigate complexity, drive engagement, and lead organisational change through coaching. You will:

• Learn practical coaching frameworks for modern HR leadership
• Explore strategies to strengthen resilience, engagement, and performance
• Use coaching to support transformation, talent growth, and workforce planning
• Build future-focused coaching approaches for evolving HR challenges.

This is where HR leaders become stronger coaches, sharper strategists, and drivers of change.

Informa Connect Academy Workshop: Performance and Analytics

Elevating HR Through Analytics

A practical, analytics-focused workshop designed to help HR professionals turn workforce data into smarter performance and business decisions. You will:

• Explore performance measurement frameworks and people analytics tools,
• Learn how to track, analyse, and optimise workforce performance,
• Build data-driven strategies using dashboards, metrics, and predictive insights,
• Strengthen HR’s role in organisational planning and business performance.

This is where HR moves from reporting data to driving strategy.


AI Certs Workshop: for HR

Building Smarter HR With AI

A practical, future-focused workshop designed to help HR professionals confidently integrate AI into workforce strategy, talent management, and everyday HR operations. You will:

• Understand AI fundamentals, prompt engineering, and HR-focused AI tools
• Explore AI applications across recruitment, L&D, workforce planning, and employee engagement
• Learn how to use AI-driven analytics for smarter workforce decisions and performance insights
• Build an AI adoption roadmap to lead responsible and effective HR transformation.

This is where HR leaders learn to turn AI from a trend into a competitive advantage.


CLS Workshop: Situational Leadership Essentials®

Adapt Your Leadership. Elevate Performance.

A practical, interactive workshop designed to help leaders adapt their approach to the needs of each individual, task, and situation. You will:

  • Learn how to assess Performance Readiness® based on competence and commitment
  • Apply the four Situational Leadership® styles with greater confidence
  • Strengthen coaching, communication, and performance conversations
  • Build greater ownership, accountability, and engagement across your team

This is where leaders learn to move beyond a one-size-fits-all approach and lead every individual towards stronger performance.

CIPD Workshop: Startegic Workforce Planning

Plan Today. Build Tomorrow’s Workforce.

A practical, strategy-focused workshop designed to help HR and business leaders build the workforce capabilities their organisations need for the future. Using the CIPD 6-Stage Workforce Planning Model, you will:

  • Align workforce priorities with organisational strategy and future business needs
  • Identify critical roles, workforce segments, and emerging capability requirements
  • Assess workforce risks, skills gaps, shortages, and future scenarios
  • Evaluate practical workforce solutions and build stakeholder support for action

This is where HR leaders learn to move from reactive workforce decisions to a clear, strategic plan for future success.

Why These Workshops Matter


  • Credentialed Learning: Earn globally recognised HR certifications (ICF, Harvard, Informa Connect Academy, AI Certs).
  • Plug-and-Play Application: Every session gives you tools you can use back at work, immediately.
  • Elite Faculty: Learn from top-tier experts from Harvard professors to global HR leaders.
  • Competitive Edge: Build a competitive edge with advanced skills in talent acquisition, coaching, learning and development, HR leadership, and organisational strategy.