The HR Rope Team

A mastermind for HR leaders. Six seats. Three months to start.

Why this, why now

HR leaders are carrying more right now than at any point in their careers.

AI is reshaping every role in the company, and HR is expected to lead that change — usually without a playbook. 2027 plans are being written. Budgets are being defended. You are asked to be strategic while still being the person everyone brings their problems to.

And it is a lonely seat. You can't process it with your employees. Often not with your executive team. Sometimes not even with your own HR team.

Most HR leaders don't need another course.

They need a room.

What this is — and what it isn't

This is not a course. It is not a cohort. It is not a series of coaching sessions.

It is a small group of HR leaders who meet regularly, think together, and hold each other to what they said they would do.

I bring frameworks and processes I have taught to leadership teams for years. The room brings real problems. That combination is where the work happens.

Who it's for

This is for HR leaders — CHROs, VPs of HR, HR Directors, and senior people leaders — who:

• Sense they are operating below what they are capable of
• Want more influence with the CEO and executive team, not just a seat at the table
• Are tired of being the one who holds everyone else together with no one holding them
• Want a confidential place to think out loud with peers who get it

This is not for you if you are looking for compliance answers or HR policy templates, or if you are not ready to talk honestly about yourself.

What we'll work on

Three threads run through every month.

Getting the best out of yourself. Frameworks for how you think, how you run your week, and where your energy actually goes.

Mindset and confidence. The stories underneath how you show up. Most ceilings are not skill issues. They are identity issues.

Influence. How to be heard by the CEO and CFO. How to move decisions you don't own. How to lead the company's people strategy, not just administer it.

And in every session, the room works on whatever is live for you right now. These are practical challenges you're trying to solve at work that someone in the room probably has experience with.

How it works

• Two live 75-minute sessions a month on Zoom
• Each session opens with a short framework from me, then moves to processing challenges in real time with real situations, worked by the group
• A private group thread between sessions for quick questions and accountability
• Initial commitment is three months. After that, the group decides together whether to keep climbing, month to month
• First session: Wednesday, November 11th at 3:00PM Eastern

Why only six

On a mountain, a rope team is small for a reason.

Everyone knows each other's footing. When one person slips, the others feel it and respond.

Six means everyone gets real airtime every session. It means trust builds fast. And it means what is said in the room stays in the room.

Investment

$300 per month

With a three-month initial commitment.

Or pay $900 up front for the first three months. If you have professional development budget left in 2026, this is a simple way to use it before year-end — and at this price, most HR leaders can approve it themselves without a procurement process.

How to join

— James Robbins