Josh Bersin Institute
Setting the Global Standard for HR & Leadership Excellence.
Brought to you by The Josh Bersin Company, The Josh Bersin Institute (JBI) is the global authority for modern HR capability, accreditation, and professional excellence.
Built on decades of research, benchmarks, and real-world insights, JBI helps HR professionals develop the strategic, consultative, operational, and transformational capabilities required to lead in the AI era.
First Cohort: Sept. 8 – Nov. 25, 2026
Josh Bersin Institute Mission
The World Is Changing. HR Certification Must Evolve.
AI is reshaping jobs, organizations, leadership, and productivity at unprecedented speed. In this new environment, HR has become one of the most strategic functions in the enterprise — responsible not only for people, but for enabling transformation itself.
The Josh Bersin Institute was created to define and develop what modern HR excellence looks like in this new era. Most HR credentials were built for different times, testing memorization and calling it mastery. The JBI – brought to you by the world’s most trusted HR advisors – closes the gap between what traditional certifications assess, and what modern business actually demands.
A Living Capability Model
Our certifications don’t test a static body of knowledge. The JBI standard centers around continuous, industry-leading research and practical program outcomes, evolving in real-time as AI, technology, and the realities of modern leadership change.
Real-World Application
Designed around the 95 core capabilities within The Josh Bersin Company’s Global HR Capability Framework, our programs give you the confidence, judgement, perspective, and knowledge to think strategically and work creatively through disruption.
World-Class Partnerships
Excellence requires rigor. Josh Bersin Institute certifications are designed and delivered in partnership with leading organizations & academic institutions, including USC Marshall Executive Education, to ensure the highest standard of evaluation.
Methodology & Curriculum
You Don’t Just Study HR. You Live It.
You do not become a globally excellent HR leader by taking a course. You become one by doing the work, living through change, making mistakes, and reflecting on the outcomes.
The Josh Bersin Institute brings that reality into the learning environment. Our methodology replaces multiple-choice exams with case-based, in-depth learning experiences. It’s learning by doing, guided by AI and evaluated by industry experts, drawing on our thousands of studies, interviews, maturity models, and benchmarks—to provide a real-world view of what global excellence looks like.
Our Credentials
Certifications Built for the New World of Work
Designed to create consultative HR experts and business leaders who can shape strategy, guide change, and architect workforce transformation at scale.
Next Cohort: Sept. 8th-Nov. 25th
HR Global Excellence Certification
A 12-week, cohort-based credential validating your ability to think systemically, leverage AI, and lead through complex organizational disruption.
Topics Include:
Full Stack HR
Consultative HR
Workforce Planning
Organization Design
Talent Acquisition
Employee Experience
& more
A Note from Josh
A Standard Built for Reality
“I’ve spent my entire career watching HR wrestle with an increasingly chaotic world – mergers and acquisitions, downturns, geopolitical shocks, pandemics, legal crises, and now an unprecedented wave of AI. In that world, “being good at HR” is not about memorizing a body of knowledge or passing an exam.
It's about thinking systemically, staying calm when things get complicated, and leading organizations through real disruption - while keeping them deeply human.
The credential I built reflects that standard.”
The Network
A Growing Community of Changemakers.
Earning a certification from The Josh Bersin Institute is not a transactional event: it is an
induction into a career-long, cross-certification alumni network.
Certified leaders receive ongoing access to a global community of peers who share the
same standard of excellence. Membership includes periodic “State of the World” briefings as AI and global events shift the HR landscape, exclusive roundtables, and continuous access to peer-to-peer problem solving.
Featured Whitepaper
Free Download: The Economic Value of HR Skills and Capability Whitepaper
The future of business is uncertain, but The Josh Bersin Institute continually tracks the capabilities for success. Learn more about our groundbreaking approach to— and long-term value of—investing in the critical skills needed to survive and thrive in the world of work today.
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Enrollment
The World Needs HR Leaders Who Don’t Freeze Under Pressure.
Earn a credential from The Josh Bersin Institute and prove you’re ready for whatever the future of work throws at you.