HR as Business Partner

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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 is little understood, often implemented differently, and often problematic.

The workshop provides valuable information on how partnering operates in practice in both the public and private sector - its successes, common problems and options for moving forward. It looks at the development of business partners and options of how participants can progress partnering either personally or within their organisations.

Audience

This programme is for any HR professional looking to increase his or her knowledge of this important subject. It is particularly relevant 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 a business partnering approach or wanting to improve their success with HR partnering.

Skills Gained

By the end of the workshop, you will be able to:

• appreciate the business partnering approach, its key drivers and how it differs from approaches such as internal consultancy; HR manager or director role
• 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
• assess your own organisation's readiness for HR partnering
• devise strategies for influencing line managers to ensure the success of HR within the organisation
• develop a personal 'partnering' action plan.

Course Outline

What is HR business partnering?

• a brief history of partnering with illustrative UK case studies from the public and private sector
• partnering's promise - how it delivers benefits
• partnering's problems - when partnering struggles
• partnering journeys - review of partnering paths taken
• lessons learned from organisations that have successfully implemented partnering

What makes a great HR business partner?

• the model business partner - key competencies, values and experience
• profiles from partners in the public and private sectors
• implications for HR careers today and tomorrow

Development of HR 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 an HR business partner

• new challenges for the delivery and management of HR
• operational lessons; overcoming common difficulties
• organisational 'readiness' for HR partnering
• selling HR partnering to line managers - tips from successful partners
• roles within HR; relationships with other HR professionals
• 'quick wins' to increase credibility
• ensuring the delivery of benefits

Key actions

• what might this mean for your organisation and for you?
• short-term plans to assess or support partnering.

HR as Business Partner / PERHRBP