SHRM Certified Professional Prep Playbook (Excel XLSX)

BENEFITS OF THIS EXCEL DOCUMENT

1. 64 professional files with 349+ spreadsheet tabs and 2,730+ data rows
2. 210 scored assessment questions across 7 domain areas
3. 9 operational runbooks and checklists ready for immediate use

HUMAN RESOURCES EXCEL DESCRIPTION

SHRM Certified Professional Prep Playbook is an Excel template (XLSX) with a supplemental Zip archive file document available for immediate download upon purchase.

SHRM Certified Professional Prep Playbook

Your HR processes are reactive, your talent pipeline is thin, and your workforce planning is based on guesswork. When leadership asks for data on people risk, you are scrambling.

The cost of a bad hire is 30% to 50% of their annual salary. Voluntary turnover costs US businesses $1 trillion per year. Without structured workforce planning, you are always behind.

Go from reactive HR administration to a strategic people function with every process documented, every metric tracked, and every talent risk identified and mitigated before it impacts the business.

HR transformation consultancies charge $150 to $400 per hour. Full operating model redesign runs $100,000 to $300,000. This playbook gives you the same structured methodology, tools, and frameworks for a fraction of the cost.

WHAT IS INSIDE: 64 PROFESSIONAL FILES

This is not a course, not a workbook, not a set of slides. This is 64 practitioner-grade tools (5 PDFs + 59 Excel workbooks) organised across 11 folders, built for professionals who need to implement, not just learn.

THREE-PHASE IMPLEMENTATION JOURNEY

Phase 1 – Get your bearings (02_Self_Assessment_and_Diagnostics): Start with the Quick Scan diagnostic PDF for a fast executive-level overview. Then work through the RDMAICS Scoring Dashboard and Maturity Radar to understand exactly where you are across all seven im

Phase 2 – Set concrete goals (03_Requirements_and_Goal_Setting): Use the Project Charter and Scope Statement to lock in what success looks like. The RACI Matrix and Requirements Traceability Matrix ensure every stakeholder knows their role and every requirement is

Phase 3 – Implement, track, and sustain (05_Project_Management_Forms onwards): Work through a comprehensive library of 60+ PM form templates covering all five PMBOK process groups: Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring and Controlling, and Closing. Every template is pre-co

210 ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS ACROSS 7 DOMAINS

Each domain contains 30 scored questions with automated maturity scoring. Run your first assessment in under an hour and know exactly where you stand.

•  Strategic HR Management
•  Workforce Planning and Employment
•  Human Resource Development
•  Total Rewards
•  Employee and Labor Relations
•  Risk Management
•  HR Technology and Analytics

10 OPERATIONAL RUNBOOKS AND CHECKLISTS

Not theory. Not concepts. Step-by-step operational procedures your team can execute from day one.

•  Strategic HR Planning Runbook
•  End-to-End Talent Acquisition Checklist
•  Performance Management Cycle Handoff Protocol
•  HRIS Implementation Integration Checklist
•  HRBP Monthly Operations Task Guide
•  Leadership Development Program Runbook
•  Employee Relations Incident Response Protocol
•  Total Rewards Communication Campaign Checklist
•  Change Management Playbook for HR Initiatives
•  HR Compliance Audit Preparation Checklist

WHO BUYS THIS

•  Professionals implementing shrm certified professional prep who need structure, not another generic guide
•  Consultants who want to deliver a professional-grade engagement without building every tool from scratch
•  Team leads and managers who need to demonstrate progress to leadership with real metrics
•  Compliance officers and auditors who need documented, defensible processes

WHAT MAKES THIS DIFFERENT

•  64 files, not a single PDF. This is a complete implementation toolkit.
•  210 scored assessment questions across 7 domains. Know exactly where you stand in under an hour.
•  10 operational runbooks. Not theory, step-by-step procedures your team can execute immediately.
•  Built by practitioners with 25 years of enterprise experience across 692 frameworks.
•  Used by professionals in 160+ countries.

Instant download. Open the first assessment. Score your organisation. Know exactly where to start.

Stop spending months building what already exists. Stop paying consultants $300/hour to create templates you could have today.

Source: Best Practices in Human Resources Excel: SHRM Certified Professional Prep Playbook Excel (XLSX) Spreadsheet, Gerard Blokdijk