Are You Ready for Your First Head of HR Role?
Discover your strengths. Identify your development priorities. Build the evidence you need to take the next step in your HR career.
Moving into your first Head of HR role is a significant career step. You'll be expected to think strategically, understand the commercial realities of the organisation, influence senior colleagues and make decisions that have consequences for both people and business performance.
But how do you know whether you're ready? And what should you be doing now to prepare?
Our free Head of HR Readiness Diagnostic is designed to help you answer those questions.
Free to complete | 14 realistic scenarios | Personalised PDF report
This Isn't Another Confidence Questionnaire
You might feel confident about your HR knowledge and experience. But how would you respond when the CEO wants an immediate answer to a complex people problem? Or when a senior leader challenges your recommendations because they don't believe HR understands the commercial pressures facing the business?
These are the kinds of situations that make the move into senior HR leadership challenging.
Rather than asking you to rate your confidence, our diagnostic presents you with 14 realistic workplace scenarios, each with four possible responses.
You'll need to draw on your knowledge, experience and professional judgement to decide how you would approach each situation.
The questions explore seven key capabilities identified through our analysis of Head of HR job descriptions and aligned with the CIPD Profession Map.
What Will Your Report Tell You?
Once you've completed the diagnostic, you'll receive a personalised report that helps you understand:
- Where you're already strong. The capabilities where your responses demonstrate sound judgement and understanding.
- Where you may need to develop. Areas that could benefit from further experience, learning or reflection.
- What to focus on next. Development priorities to consider as you prepare for your first Head of HR role.
Your report is available to download immediately as a PDF, and a copy will also be emailed to you.
The diagnostic is completely free.
Knowing What to Do Is One Thing. Doing It Is Another.
Moving into senior HR leadership requires more than technical expertise.
You need to be able to interpret business information, challenge assumptions, influence decisions and navigate situations where there isn't an obvious answer.
And these capabilities are developed through experience, reflection and practice.
At Resound Training, we're developing a series of realistic business simulations for HR professionals preparing for their first Head of HR role.
You'll have opportunities to analyse complex business situations, work with others to make decisions, and practise the challenging conversations that are part of senior leadership.
We're also developing coaching opportunities to help you reflect on your experience and build a clearer pathway towards your next role.
The diagnostic is a starting point. What you do with the insights is what matters.
Ready to turn your insights into action?
Your diagnostic report is a starting point. Our executive coaching provides dedicated time to explore your development priorities, challenge your thinking and plan your next career move.
Your Next Career Move Starts With Understanding Where You Are Now
You don't need to have all the answers today. But you do need to understand where your strengths lie and what you might need to develop.
Take the free Head of HR Readiness Diagnostic and receive your personalised report.