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Online Diploma · 2 months

Diploma & Certification Strategic Labor Relations

Don't just manage conflict.
Lead strategic labor relations.

A diploma for HR and labor relations leaders who need to move from reactive conflict management to a business-aligned strategy. Apply the frameworks to a real case from your organization under the Flipped Classroom model.

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The LBS difference

This isn't an academic program. It's the ability to solve the problem with confidence.

The return isn't measured in credits or a diploma. It's measured in walking out able to solve a real business problem or take on a new responsibility with technical judgment and strategic vision. Every session is designed to move you from what you know to what you decide — and to what you execute.

An academic course teaches you the theory. LBS prepares you for the moment you have to decide.

Practicing faculty, not lecturers

You learn from leaders in active practice who live today the problems you're about to solve — not from academics who study them. They bring the judgment of the field, not of theory.

Executive flipped classroom

You work through the theory beforehand; live time is spent applying, debating, and deciding on real cases. Every session is deliberate practice, not a lecture.

Validated by the market, not by an endorsement

Its authority comes from reputation, from practicing faculty, and from the adoption of the companies that trust us — the same logic by which the market recognizes the top firms. It doesn't rely on a university seal.

Global, current, and proven over time

A global, continuously updated perspective, sustained by several generations of executives who have already gone through the program. What's new, tested by the rigor of those who came before.

How it works

At LBS we don't use live sessions to deliver theory you can read on your own. You master the fundamentals beforehand, in asynchronous pre-work at your own pace, so that time with practicing faculty goes where it truly creates return: applying the knowledge to real cases and business decisions. The program closes with a capstone that isn't an academic exercise, but the solution to a real problem in your own organization.

  1. Asynchronous pre-work

    You master the fundamentals on your own, before each live session.

  2. Live sessions with practicing faculty

    You apply those fundamentals to real cases and business decisions.

  3. Capstone

    You solve a real problem in your own organization, with tangible return from day one.

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Ideal profile

Who is this
experience for?

We curate each cohort to ensure high-level strategic debate and cross-industry, regional peer calibration.

Labor Relations leaders

Labor relations leaders who want to operate strategically and get ahead of conflict.

HR Managers & Directors

HR executives who need to integrate labor relations into business strategy.

In-house labor lawyers

Legal professionals who want to complement the regulatory framework with a strategic and negotiation lens.

HRBPs focused on climate & conflict

Business Partners who manage climate, social dialogue, and conflict prevention.

Our methodology

Theory is a commodity.
Application is rare.

We don't do traditional lectures. The program operates as a guided consultancy project under a Flipped Classroom model: you bring a real challenge from your organization and solve it with our frameworks.

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Flipped Classroom format
You consume the theoretical content on your own time (self-study). Live sessions are reserved entirely for debate, case resolution, and applying frameworks to your reality.
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Bring your business problem
Your project isn't academic. From week one, you develop a concrete solution specific to your company's current transformation.
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Faculty of active practitioners
Taught not by career academics, but by active regional leaders and former partners from global consulting firms — practitioners sharing real-world strategies.
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LATAM peer calibration
You analyze your organizational challenges alongside carefully selected leaders from Mexico, Colombia, Peru, and across the region. Cross-border perspective is the core of the experience.
Format & duration

How it unfolds 100% online.

A highly structured rhythm designed for working executives: it blends asynchronous self-study with synchronous live debate-and-application sessions.

Duration
2 months · 8 weeks of coursework + 3 for the final project
Format
100% online · live sessions
Workload
~24 h of self-study + ~16 h live
Language
Spanish
Next cohort
Date confirmed by Admissions
Curriculum

8 modules toward
strategic labor relations.

Module 1
Strategic framework of labor relations
How labor relations move from a support function to a strategic business lever.
Module 2
Collective bargaining
Preparing, strategizing, and conducting collective bargaining processes.
Module 3
Conflict management & social dialogue
Anticipating, mediating, and resolving labor conflict with a focus on dialogue.
Module 4
Labor regulatory framework in LATAM
Fundamentals of the applicable regulatory framework and its impact on labor strategy.
Module 5
Workplace climate & conflict prevention
Climate diagnosis, early signals, and prevention strategies.
Module 6
Relations with unions & stakeholders
Building sustainable relationships with unions and key stakeholders.
Module 7
Data & analytics for labor relations
Indicators, dashboards, and evidence-based decisions for the function.
Module 8
Applied final project
Designing a labor relations strategy for a real challenge from your organization.
Faculty

Guided by active industry leaders.

The faculty is made up of active practitioners and former partners of global firms — profiles combining methodological rigor with real implementation experience in the region. (Assigned facilitators are confirmed per cohort.)

Active practice leader
Regional leadership · Leading LATAM enterprise

Leads the function at regional scale in a top-tier organization. Brings the executive judgment and implementation lens that separates strategy from theory.

Former global-firm partner
Top-tier consulting

Former partner at a global consulting firm. Shares proprietary methodologies and large-scale transformation cases, uncensored.

LBS Academy specialist
Curriculum design & calibration

LBS Academy faculty specialist responsible for curriculum design, case curation, and final-project calibration for each participant.

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Official credential

Backed by Latam Business School.

After successfully defending your final project before the faculty panel, you earn the LBS Diploma & Certification in Strategic Labor Relations — a credential recognized across Latin America that attests to your ability to design and lead an organization's labor relations strategy.

  • Verifiable digital credential
  • Recognized across LATAM markets
  • Project defense before a faculty panel
The cohort profile

Your peers face the same structural challenges.

The program relies heavily on peer calibration. You share a cohort with leaders from comparable organizations across Latin America.

2
months of intensive program
8
specialized modules
100%
work applicable to your company
1:1
expert project calibration

An Admissions Director builds a personalized proposal with you.

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For your organization

Is this certification for you, or to prepare your whole team?

A certification quickly closes a specific gap. But when the challenge is building a capability across an entire area or aligning a regional team, what you need isn't a course: it's a partner. LBS designs tailored programs together with your organization and brings first-rate training wherever your team is, not just to the capitals.

Let's talk about a tailored program

Admissions are open for the upcoming cohort.

Spaces are limited to ensure high-quality debate and dedicated faculty attention to your business problem. An Admissions Director builds a personalized proposal with you and confirms the next cohort date.

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