AI screening, AI-generated L&D content, AI in performance reviews — and the UK GDPR / Equality Act guardrails that stop HR teams accidentally building a discriminatory pipeline.
HR is the function with the highest legal exposure from getting AI wrong. The EU AI Act classifies recruitment and performance assessment as high-risk AI use, with explicit human-oversight requirements. The ICO has already taken enforcement action against UK employers using AI in screening. The Equality Act risk is real and growing. And yet most HR teams are using AI tools without a single line of formal training or governance.
This workshop is built on the UK GDPR employee-data framework, the EU AI Act (in force for high-risk HR use from August 2026), ICO guidance on AI and HR, and ACAS guidance on AI in recruitment and performance. It's the framework HR Directors and CPOs need before they sign off the next AI-powered tool — and the framework People Partners need before they recommend one.
The day is built around your actual HR tech stack. Delegates audit current AI use in the morning, work through the 4 high-leverage use cases (screening, L&D content, performance, employee Q&A) in the afternoon, draft the HR AI policy section in pairs, and leave with a 90-day plan their CISO and Legal team will sign off — not a workbook.
Built on UK GDPR + EU AI Act + ICO guidance on AI in HREvery TESS workshop is designed backwards from the change you want to see in your team's behaviour. Here's what coaching graduates do differently on the Monday after.
EU AI Act high-risk classification mapped to your real HR use cases. ICO enforcement examples.
The 4 screening use cases that work safely. The 4 that don't, and why.
AI-generated content with the quality gate. The 3 outputs to never publish without review.
Manager-assist patterns that work. The patterns that breach the Equality Act.
Policy questions, leave entitlements, benefits — the patterns that work, the data boundaries that hold.
On the day — a section your CISO, Legal team and DPO can all sign off.
Full-day format shown. The half-day version focuses on the morning blocks with a condensed live round at the end.
Genuinely the first time I've left a coaching course able to do it on Monday. The live rounds with feedback made the difference. My 1:1s have completely changed shape.
Pricing depends on group size, delivery mode (live online vs in-person) and whether we tailor the curriculum to your sector. Closed cohorts start from a few hundred pounds per delegate for half-day workshops and scale from there. Book a 15-minute discovery call and we'll give you a concrete figure within 24 hours.
AI for HR & People Teams is a full-day workshop by design — the afternoon's policy drafting and use-case design are what creates the deliverable. A half-day version covering the legal framework and screening only is available as a leadership-team brief before commissioning broader work.
We're flexible. Most cohorts run with 10–20 delegates, but we regularly deliver for smaller groups of 2–4, particularly for senior teams or specialised sectors. The live coaching rounds work better with even numbers, but we'll make any group work.
Live online is our default and works well for coaching — breakout rooms make the practice rounds work cleanly. We also deliver in-person at your site or a venue you choose, particularly when the cohort already work in the same room.
Typical lead time from a first call to delivery is 2–4 weeks. We can move faster if you need to — the limiting factor is usually your calendar, not ours.
Yes. The frameworks (GROW, TGROW, observable behaviours) stay the same; the examples, exercises and case studies are tailored to your sector, tools and your team's real work. We discuss this on the discovery call and rebrief the practitioner before delivery.
Yes. Every delegate receives a CPD-certified digital certificate on completion. The certificate references the hours of learning and the frameworks covered, so it can be added directly to a CPD record for any chartered or professional body.
We allocate a TESS coaching practitioner based on your sector. All practitioners are independently qualified coaches (ILM Level 5 or equivalent) with active corporate coaching practices. We'll send the named practitioner's bio after the discovery call.
Two ways in. Book a 30-minute discovery call below, or fill out the form and we'll reply within 24 hours with cohort options for your group.