Philly SHRM LIFT LAB is a talent accelerator that develops HR leaders to grow themselves (rise up) to also grow the business and others (raise up). With a foundation of leadership self-awareness plus a balanced portfolio of effective HR practices and influencing business drivers, Philly SHRM LIFT LAB elevates people to empower progress. The lift is the mindset and skill development; the lab is the application and activation to scale the impact. Together this development experience builds confidence and competence to make the right change happen for the right reasons and in the right way.

This five-month HR leadership development experience is meaningful functional HR development for growing HR leaders. Targeting middle managers who aspire to grow their scope and their impact, this HRCI accredited program integrates best practices and practical application into the learning process while also allowing for time and growth for how to be a more effective leader in the HR function. The program is hybrid having in-person, virtual, and self-study moments and is hosted by Jackie Linton and facilitated by Dan Gallagher plus a series of expert faculty and several Philly SHRM Board members serving as coaches.

Why Philly SHRM LIFT LAB?

Taking your HR Leadership to new heights means balancing what’s good for the business with what’s good for the team. This functional development program will:

• Increase your functional HR acumen so that you can create more cross-functional impact.
• Introduce deeper learning cycles that move practices beyond implementation to focus on adoption.
• Create a stronger outside-in view to access better practices through benchmarking and networking.
• Play offense with positioning practical ways to upgrade HR operations for the right reasons.

This development experience targets mid-level HR professionals. Participation is not limited by title or years of experience to be more inclusive. There’s an expectation participants have baseline HR functional skills in all areas covered plus core leadership skills. Individuals in this program ideally are leading projects, processes, and/or people. This leadership can be via direct reports or individual contributors who have teammates to influence. This program is not targeting individuals early in their careers in tactical HR roles; we’ll focus on those who regularly balance influencing strategy and activating tactics. This learning experience involves participants teaching each other and learning from each other based on firsthand experiences. The participant’s manager will be asked to meet monthly with their teammate to discuss learning + application.

Each module will have five standard elements:

1. Framing = position context that positions new learning and connects previous learning
2. Learning = introduce new content tied to prework and conversation with manager
3. Applying = apply learnings to a business situation with a cross-functional scope
4. Coaching = reflect and then prepare an approach to apply what was learned
5. Activating = activate your action plan including an optional teach back to HR colleagues