WINTER Consulting
JUNE 2026 COHORT · NOW OPEN
Head of TA Accelerator · Berlin

The two days that rebuild how you lead Talent.

An in-person accelerator for Europe's most ambitious Heads of Talent Acquisition. Strategy, AI, org design, and leadership, in one tightly-curated room.

Format
2 days · in-person
Location
Berlin
Frankfurt + London next
Cohort
10 Heads of TA
Investment
€1,950 + VAT
Accredited by the Berlin Senat as a Weiterbildungsveranstaltung and therefore eligible for Bildungsurlaub for participants based in Germany.
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100%
would recommend
16
average years of experience of participants
19+
years TA leadership
10
seats per cohort
Why this exists

The bar for TA leadership
just moved. You need to move with it.

Modern TA leadership demands a strategic mindset, the ability to read a business plan, design a scalable organisation, and lead through constant change, while building an AI-integrated tech stack that actually works.

Two intense days in a room of ten peers. The frameworks I've used across Zalando, Wayfair, GetYourGuide, and many native-AI start-ups, scale-ups, big tech and large traditional corporations. Practical reps. A 100-day plan you commit to in writing.

If your team is still reading this as "a nice-to-have training", you've misread the role.
What you'll walk away with

Eight outcomes. Two days. One room.

01

Analyse your function

Run your TA org through the Omni-Intelligence TA Maturity Framework and identify the three moves with the highest leverage.

02

Translate strategy

Turn messy business priorities into a TA mission, vision, and 12-month roadmap you can defend in the executive room.

03

Lead change

Bring your team, your stakeholders, and the wider org with you, even when the pace and the mandate keep shifting.

04

Design AI-native TA

Build a tech stack and set of processes that scale, grounded in what actually works, not vendor-deck theatre.

05

Influence with data

Use insights to create clarity for C-level, finance, and hiring managers, and get decisions made faster.

06

Build an impact-oriented Target Operating Model

Design a TOM that ties TA activity directly to business impact, not hiring volume. Leave with the framework and a draft of your own.

07

Join the alumni network

Stay in touch with the group for sounding, insights and introductions, long after the two days end.

08

Leverage EB and Assessment

Use Employer Brand and Talent Assessment as momentum levers, not vanity projects. Decide where to invest and how to measure what matters.

Two days, in detail

The arc of the two days.

The shape below is stable. Content gets tuned to each cohort, the AI/tech landscape moves fast and the room's context matters.

Day one
Diagnose. Strategise.
09:30
Welcome, intros and icebreaker
Get to know the group and what each participant brings into the room.
10:00
Group insights and pre-event survey playback
Where the cohort converges and where it diverges. The patterns in your pre-event inputs become the working material for the next two days.
10:30
Omni-Intelligence TA Maturity Model
Self-assessment against a five-level maturity framework, followed by structured peer coaching on your biggest diagnosed gap.
12:00
Macro and TA trends that influence our work
Labor demographics, economic context, and regulatory pressure. The three forces reshaping TA in 2026 and what they mean for your function.
12:30
Group lunch
13:30
From business strategy to TA strategy
How to read a business strategy and produce a TA mission, vision, strategy and roadmap that holds up under CxO questioning.
15:00
Design impact-oriented TA operating models
Three case studies. Rank the organisational drivers. Defend the model you would choose.
16:00
Hiring forecasting and capacity modelling
The mathematics behind a defensible headcount plan. Build a forecast and a capacity model your CFO cannot dismiss as a guess.
17:00
Day one close
18:30
Group dinner
Private venue in Berlin Mitte. The peer conversations that carry on well past dessert.
Day two
Build. Lead. Influence.
09:00
Arrival and light breakfast
09:30
AI, TA technology and usage frameworks
Assistance, Automation, Autonomy. A lens that translates AI capability into a real roadmap your team can execute.
11:30
AI regulatory landscape and rapid prototyping exercise
EU AI Act High-Risk rules, GDPR Article 22, and a live build moment. We ship a working internal AI application in front of the cohort in under 25 minutes.
12:30
Insights-driven leadership
From activity reporting to prescriptive talent intelligence. Change the boardroom conversation about talent.
13:00
Group lunch
14:00
How to leverage EVP and Employer Brand to improve TA
The real distinction between EVP, Employer Brand and Talent Marketing. When to invest, how to differentiate, and how to measure what actually matters.
15:00
Talent assessment, decision-making frameworks and AI literacy
How to design assessment and decision-making frameworks to improve talent density and AI literacy.
16:00
Your 100-Day Plan
A silent individual sprint. You leave with a written, sequenced plan for your first 100 days after the program, plus a single Monday-morning commitment.
17:00
Closing
Full agenda PDF

Want the unabridged version?

The detailed agenda, with every framework, exercise, and take-home, is in a PDF. It'll be in your inbox within 24 hours.

Inside the room

Five minutes of what the two days actually look like.

What participants say
This programme was superb, from Sören's outstanding knowledge and facilitation to the practical frameworks that truly help you understand and drive impact within your organisation. I would 120% recommend it to any Talent Lead.
Daniel Sedgwick · Head of Talent Acquisition, Parity Technologies
It was not just theoretical. Every topic was translated into real-time examples and fact-based data. That really helped us connect with the content and stay engaged.
Andreea Lungulescu Founder, Talent Crunch
A powerful and highly practical program for ambitious TA leaders. It bridges strategy, AI, organisation design, and leadership, equipping you with the clarity, tools, and confidence to build a tech-enabled TA function that truly drives business impact.
Pinak Nath Lead Talent Acquisition, Zenjob
Soeren has created a unique cohort-based learning and peer exchange program. The Head of TA accelerator leverages both his substantive experience and expertise while crowd-sourcing the wisdom and diversity of the participants.
Tom Green Managing Director Europe, Chapter 2 Group
Bringing peers together for experience-sharing is already something we should do on a regular basis, topped with an inspirational leader with impressive experience, it goes through the roof. The topics brought light to places where sometimes you just need a bit of extra TLC to get to the next level.
Pauliina Artiola Head of Global Talent, Qt
Deeply practical, hands-on, grounded in real-world experience and proven frameworks that can be immediately applied. Clear, actionable guidance on positioning Talent Acquisition as a true strategic partner, earning credibility with the business rather than being perceived as an order-taker.
Nina Redel Director TA Europe, Wipro
Meet your instructor

Soeren Winter

Founder, WINTER Consulting

I help companies grow through better people and talent strategies.

Over the past 19+ years I've built and scaled global TA and People teams for Zalando, Wayfair, Parity Technologies, and GetYourGuide, plus many native-AI start-ups, scale-ups, big tech and large traditional corporations, and advised C-level leaders across Europe, Asia, and North America.

Today I work independently with founders, CPOs, and Heads of Talent to shape strategies that actually land. The Head of TA Accelerator is where I teach the playbook.

+49 152 09 433 948 · soeren@winter-consulting.org
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