Human Resources Skills: HR as a Business Partner

Course Code: HR-BP      Days: 1
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10/09/08 London (Central) (SW1) £ 499
22/09/08 London (Central) (WC2) £ 499
12/11/08 London (Central) (SW1) £ 499
03/12/08 London (Central) (WC2) £ 499
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Course Overview

Business partnering has profound implications for personnel and development professionals. For many of us it means new roles, new skills, and new careers. Yet business partnering can be problematic and is often misunderstood. The course provides a valuable insight on how partnering operates in practice.

Audience

This course is for new HR business partners as well as those aspiring to this role. It is also suitable for HR directors and senior managers considering implementing the business partnering approach or wanting to improve their success with HR partnering

Introductory level course -geared towards those who need an introduction to the subject and assumes limited or no previous experience.

Skills Gained

By the end of the course you will be able to:

  • appreciate the business partnering approach, its key drivers, and how it differs from more familiar approaches
  • assess the implications for HR careers and your organisation as a whole
  • recognise the attitudes, knowledge and skills required of an HR partner
  • identify the key development areas for most business partners and be aware of the best solutions to fill these gaps
  • develop a plan for influencing line managers to ensure the success of HR
  • gauge organisational readiness for partnering
  • assess the competencies of current and aspiring HR partners.

Course Outline

What is HR business partnering?

  • a brief history of partnering, with illustrative UK case studies
  • partnering's promise how it delivers benefits
  • partnering's problems when partnering struggles

What makes a great business partner?

  • the model business partner key competencies, values, experience
  • implications for HR careers today and tomorrow

Development of business partners

  • hopes and concerns of business partners
  • best methods for developing business partners
  • the options their pros and cons and application
  • the need for internal sponsorship

Operating as a business partner

  • new challenges for the delivery and management of HR
  • operational lessons; overcoming common difficulties
  • selling HR partnering to line managers
  • roles within HR; relationships with other HR professionals
  • ensuring the delivery of benefits

Action planning.


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