Make your HR Team the Driving Force Behind the Business

The program on HR Business Partner (HRBP) has been specially designed to help participants develop expertise in meeting the expectations of all their stakeholders and maximize the value of HR in their organizations. Upon completion of this program, you will:

• Understand the role of HR in supporting business

• Understand how role of HR has changed due to the pandemic

• Pick up skills to become an effective HRBP

• Demonstrate effective internal consulting skills.

• Demonstrate business acumen and an awareness of the financial drivers of company performance.

• Develop a business case and implementation plan for your organization to transition to the HRBP structure.

• Be able to align your HR organization with the strategic direction of the business.

Who should attend:

• HR professionals with at least 3 years of experience

• Independent business owners to help them understand and design HR strategy

Program benefits:

*Earn 12 PDCs on course completion

Day 1

Introduction – Role of HR Business Partners

• Discussions around why HR as a function exist.

• Key outcomes expected from HR – Business’s expectations and Employee expectation

• Dave Ulrich’s Perspective

Understanding Business 

• Understanding important elements of business, their linkages and the environment in which they operate

• Understanding Business Strategy – define, leverage and align the infrastructure elements to effectively execute the value proposition

• Understanding how to satisfy customer needs to get competitive edge and provide economic returns

• Strategic options that provide differentiation and are key levers for competitive advantage.

Understanding Work / Understanding Talent

• What defines Work and the key outcomes expected 

• Outcomes required

• Workflow and role interfaces

• Resources required

• Process used
  

• Framework for understanding work in terms of

• Talent/ Capabilities required – key drivers for individual and organizational capabilities

• HR’s focus on building and sustaining competitive edge

• Talent management through building competencies

• Defining HR Strategy – Elements that constitute HR strategy

• Building a framework to define the organization’s HR Strategy

Day 2 

Execution Skills/ Consulting Skills

• Challenges to executing HRBP role

• Key skillsets required

• Consulting role of HRBP – what it takes

• Diagnostic Toolkit – Elements of an organization that must be aligned for success

Influencing Skills and Change Management

• Communicating with Impact

• Understanding your audience

• Skills to influence the audience

• The HRBP’s role in planning and implementing change

• Resistance to change

• The Change Management Process

Employee Management

• Managing Employee Expectations

• Being an effective bridge between Employees and Management

• The importance of dealing with transactions effectively

• Summarizing and wrap up