The HR Strategy Playbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Building, Defending, and Executing a Winning People Strategy

By Mike Pritula

Why do 70% of HR strategies fail to impact business results?

Because most HR leaders build strategies from HR - not from the business. They create wish lists instead of systems. They present plans without ROI. And their budgets get cut every year as a result.

This book gives you a different approach.

The HR Strategy Playbook is a complete, field-tested system for building an HR strategy that earns CEO buy-in, secures budget, and delivers measurable business results. Written by Mike Pritula - an HR leader with 20+ years of experience across Alfa-Bank, StarLightMedia, Wargaming, Preply, and iDeals - this book walks you through every step, from diagnosing your starting point to defending your strategy in a boardroom.

What's inside:
- A proven 17-section HR strategy template used by 150,000+ HR professionals worldwide
- Step-by-step guidance on PESTEL analysis, SWOT-to-TOWS, HR metrics, EVP, and annual goal-setting
- How to calculate ROI for every HR initiative and build a budget the CFO will approve
- The exact 10-slide CEO presentation structure that wins budget approval
- A 30-minute manager training session that makes your strategy stick
- Quarterly review cadence to keep strategy alive - not gathering dust
- Ready-to-use AI prompts for every section of your strategy
- 60+ downloadable tools, templates, and checklists

This book is for you if you are:
- An HR Director or CHRO building or rebuilding your people strategy
- An HRBP who wants to move from operational to strategic
- A startup founder who needs an HR system that scales
- An HR consultant who needs a repeatable strategy framework for clients

What makes this book different:
No theory for theory's sake. Every chapter starts with a real story, gives you a framework, walks you through it step by step, and hands you a tool you can use on Monday morning. By the time you finish, you won't just understand HR strategy - you'll have one.

Includes access to 60+ downloadable templates, tools, and AI prompts at the companion resource page.

About the Author:
Mike Pritula (PHRi, SHRM-CP) is the founder of Mike Pritula Academy, the world's largest independent HR education platform with 160+ courses in 30 languages and 1.6 million enrollments. He has built and executed 9 real HR strategies across banking, media, gaming, EdTech, and SaaS.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GW2N96VM
• ISBN13: 9798254816379
• Release Date: April 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 436 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"