The HR Business Partner

Overview

According to the CIPD, the Business Partner model is the most commonly adopted HR service delivery model, with almost 50% of organisations employing business partners in their ranks.

But operating as an HR business partner requires a vastly different array of skills compared to more transactional forms of HR service delivery.

It requires a much deeper and broader understanding of your organisation, the ability to work alongside all levels of management, greater self-awareness and impact, expertise in creating and leading change and the maintenance of a business focus. Not an easy set of skills to develop!

One of our most popular HR events, this expert seminar will help you build this skill set and benchmark your current experience against best practice and other organisation`s activities.

Seminar Highlights

Understand what is meant by `HR business partnering` and its impact on your day-to-day work
Gain a better understanding of the requirements of an HR Business Partner - and how to ensure smooth implementation
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
Learn how other organisations have successfully implemented partnering: HR interventions that make a difference
Overcoming resistance and relaying a positive message

Programme

09:00	Registration and coffee
09:30	Welcome, introduction and outline of objectives
10:00	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
10:45	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
11:30	Coffee
11:45	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
12:30	Lunch
13:30	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
14:15	Using key techniques for building relationships as an HR business partner Working alongside managers in the business: forming excellent relationships with managers in the business Building strong networks, both within and outside business Using relationships as your communication channels within the business: keeping you informed and ahead of events
15:15	Coffee
15:30	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
16:15	Action planning Your key actions to be implemented when returning to work
16:30	Close of seminar

Speakers

Karen Minto

Karen Minto has many years’ experience across a range of HR and L&D functions and activities. Her current work is in both the strategic and practical areas of people management and leadership, and aligning these to business performance. Karen delivers tailored client programmes, open courses and conducts one-to-one coaching sessions.

Working with BI Worldwide Ltd, Karen has seen the company through a significant period of change. She has previously worked with BT in a number of roles, the last being in Global Services, supporting an international community.

Karen is a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), and has gained a variety of additional HR qualifications and psychometric accreditations.

Key areas of expertise:

Appraisal Skills
Creating High Performance Teams
HR Strategy
Interviewing Skills
Leadership Skills
Recruitment and Selection
Executive Coaching

Angela Qureshi

Angela Qureshi, Chartered FCIPD, is an HR strategist and an experienced management consultant, trainer and coach, with a background as a consultant at Ernst & Young and Andersen Consulting (now Accenture), and as a former Head of HR at a large university. She has been working with JSB for over 7 years, working for a breadth of clients across sectors, and across the spectrum of HR, leadership and organisational development. Angela leads our HR Business Partner Development programme initiatives. She has designed, delivered and led teams delivering tailored HR development programmes for a number of clients as well as for our open programmes. Angela also leads on a number of HR and L&D strategy events, and is responsible for innovating new programmes.

Angela holds an MSc in Organisational Behaviour from Birkbeck College, University of London and a BSc Honours degree in Management Sciences from Warwick University. She is a Level A and Level B British Psychological Society qualified Occupational Tester, licensed in the OPQ and MBTI instruments, amongst others.

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Designed for

HR directors and managers, HR officers and advisors, HR business partners, compensation and benefits experts, resourcing specialists.

Testimonials

“Very helpful in giving me what I need to support me in my new business partner role”

– Stephen Dumbleton, Compensation & Benefits Adviser, Airbus UK

“Effective content that is easily transferable back into the workplace”

– Victoria Morgan, UK HR Manager, SThree Management Services

“Full of good information and the trainer demonstrated she had a great deal of knowledge and experience in this area”

– Joanna Moriarty, Associate Business Partner, SThree Management Services

“Very enjoyable and informative ”

– Jo Knight, HR Officer, Babergh District Council

“Really good seminar which has helped me to identify key areas for me to focus on in my business partner role”

– Nicola Montgomery, HR Business Partner, Airbus UK

“Interesting and helpful Enjoyable & useful – thanks! ”

– Emma Bowron, HR Advisor, GMPTE

“Very informative & structured ”

– Laxmi Russo, People Manager, InBev UK

“I thought it was a well focused and thought provoking day”

– John Forrester, Compensation and Benefits Manager, London South Bank University

“It was an enjoyable overview, great feel and non-threatening”

– Abigail McElligott, HR Representative, Illumina

“Excellent”

– Sarah Gionis, HR Business Partner, International Financial Data Services

“Informative, interactive, beneficial & relevant”

– Janine, Dennis, Senior HR Advisor, IPC Media

“Very informative, friendly & professional, a real benefit”

– Karen Blackburn, HR Business Partner, International Financial Data Services

“Very informative & interactive”

– Natalie King, HR Manager, Wedlake Bell

“Very impressed!”

– Becki North, HR Advisor, Newsprinters

“Very useful with a good balance between theory and making it live for personal development”

– Alison Felton, HR Operations Manager, Chelmsford Borough Council

“This was an excellent course, the trainer was very knowledgeable and very engaging”

– Corinne Cunningham, HR Business Partner, Bedfordshire & Luton Partnership Trust

“Very good and a lot of information gained”

– Kerry Leather, HR Manager, Cadence Design Systems

“Very good course, good balance of theory and practical exercises”

– Julie Frost, HR Manager, International Financial Data Services

“Very useful, very good insight into BP role”

– Sally Zenonos, HR Business Partner, London Borough of Camden

“Informative, re-energised my focus on business partnering and commitment to make a difference”

– Sarah Carey, HR Advisor, Aston University

“Very informative, interactive and interesting”

– Natalie Reynolds, HR Advisor, Antony Hodari & Co

“A really well thought through training session delivered by a real expert. All in all, a great help towards my effectiveness in my new role. Thank you.”

– Caroline, HRA, KITS - In-Company Client

“Very, very good. I think my team learned a huge amount, as did I.”

– Toby, Head of HR, KITS - In-Company Client

“Helped to confirm my understanding of a HRBP”

– Julia Reece, Senior Human Resources Manager, Wolters Kluwer Health

“Excellent, clear and to the point, very helpful”

– James Fuggle, Junior Business Partner, Forensic Science Service

Pre-course Questionnaire

Title* First name* Surname* Job title* Organisation* Telephone Email* What is your principle reason for attending the seminar? What do you want to be able to do as a result of attending?* How would you describe where you are now along the path to becoming a business partner? And similarly your colleagues in your HR function?* How conversant and/or supportive is the management and leadership of your organisation of the business partner concept?* Who in your organisation is behind the drive for HR to become business partners?* Do you have any particular questions, or areas of interest that you would like addressed during the seminar? Please note briefly below.* Do you have any particular dietary requirements?*

Discounts

Multiple booking discount

Receive a 20% discount when you book more than one event, or book more than one person on the same event. Please note this discount only applies to the lesser priced booking and when all bookings are placed together.

Registered charities

You are entitled to a 25% discount on your booking if you are a registered charity. This discount will show on your invoice once your booking is submitted. You will need your charity registration number for the booking form.

Venue

Radisson Edwardian Kenilworth Hotel

97 Great Russell Street
London
WC1B 3BL

Tel: + 44 (0)20 7637 3477
Fax: + 44 (0)20 7631 3133
Email:
Web: http://www.radissonedwardian.com/londonuk_kenilworth

Situated in a prime location in Bloomsbury, 50 metres from the British Museum is the four star Radisson Edwardian Kenilworth Hotel. A luxury central London hotel where the mood is welcoming and calming, suffused with rich colours and decorated with fine artwork and designer furniture. This West End hotel`s deluxe facilities and prime location make it the perfect base for both the business and leisure traveller.

By Underground

Nearest underground station is Tottenham Court Road on the Central Line and Northern Line. The London Edwardian Kenilworth Hotel is conveniently situated in Bloomsbury 50 meters from the British Museum and close to Oxford Street, Covent Garden and Soho.

Accommodation

We have not been allocated any special rates with the hotel for this event, but if you wish to book a room at the conference venue please go to the website where you will be able to take advantage of any promotional rates.

The HR Business Partner

Gain access to the knowledge and skills to operate as an effective business partner and benchmark your experiences against those of other organisations

Event details

Overview

Seminar Highlights

Programme

Registration and coffee

Welcome, introduction and outline of objectives

Operating as an HR business partner: classifying the characteristics

Getting HR into the heart of the business: knowing the business inside-out

Coffee

Approaches to help you assess your priorities as a business partner

Lunch

Making a connection between activity and achievements: measuring your contribution to the business

Using key techniques for building relationships as an HR business partner

Coffee

Building credibility: influencing decisions as an HR business partner

Action planning

Close of seminar