Course code: RHRB - call 0845 071 2801
Overview
Course duration: 1 day.
Winning ways to become successful as an HR business partner
As HR moves away from being an operational function to becoming a strategic business partner, many HR professionals have to change the way they work. Research indicates that HR professionals require a core skill-set in order to carry out their role effectively. This one-day seminar will equip you with the skills and knowledge to fulfil this significant role.
This course is run in partnership with JSB.
Is it right for me?
Designed for senior personnel and HR professionals and HR business partners.
What will I learn?
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
What will it cover?
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