Course objectives: By the end of this seminar you will be able to:
- Understand what is meant by 'HR business partnering' and its impact on your day-to-day work
- Adapt key competencies for a successful transition from operational to strategic HR
- Develop a new set of competencies: including business acumen, change management and relationship building
- Understand how other organisations have successfully implemented partnering
Course content:Operating as an HR business partner: classifying the characteristics
- Exploring what HR partnering is: its various forms and how to use it
- How partnering differs from traditional HR
- What does it take to become an effective business partner: key skills, knowledge, attributes and values
- Recognising the benefits of partnering for yourself and your organisation
Getting HR into the heart of the business: knowing the business inside-out
- Equipping yourself with an in-depth knowledge of your business
- Interacting with the business to identify needs: understanding your immediate business team and their drivers
- Delivering to the business: understanding the bigger organisational context and the future vision and strategy of the company
Approaches to help you assess your priorities as a business partner
- Analysing where you are now, where you need to be and how to get there
- Your structure and staffing issues
- Lessons learned from organisations that have successfully implemented partnering
Using key techniques for building relationships as an HR business partner
- Working alongside managers in the business: forming excellent relationships
- Building strong networks, both within and outside business
- Using relationships as your communication channels within the business: keeping you informed and ahead of events
Making a connection between activity and achievements: measuring your contribution to the business
- Offering innovations and ideas for change: adding value to the business
- Measuring the impact of HR initiatives against business results
- Knowing what innovative HR practices other firms are using: adapting those to your organisation
Building credibility: influencing decisions as an HR business partner
- Increasing your credibility within the business and enhancing your career opportunities
- Influencing decisions as an HR business partner
Further courses to consider
Strategic HR: Developing Your People and HR Strategy
