Course description
Based on our ground-breaking research, this programme goes beyond developing skills to shifting mindsets. It will shift your focus from bureaucratic HR towards delivering business impact, building organisational capability, and creating sustainable value. With an emphasis on practical implementation, the programme will increase your impact within your organisation by:
- Developing deeper commercial and strategic thinking
- Ensuring faster and more effective delivery
- Improving influencing skills.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
Attendees will be existing HR Business Partners, specialists moving into the role, or HR Managers preparing for a more strategic position. We expect all attendees to be technically proficient in HR.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
This programme will examine the attitudes that differentiate great HRBPs and, by working through CRF’s Strategic HR Framework, will enhance your capabilities in a range of areas. Specifically, you will:
- Gain greater understanding of how your organisation operates, delivers value and drives success, thereby enabling you to be a more effective business partner
- Increase your credibility with customers by developing greater commercial acumen, business understanding and influencing skills
- Grow in confidence to challenge existing thinking through a robust model for effective HR
- Evaluate where you can add greater value to the organisation
- Build your overall capability ensuring you optimise your business impact.
Training Course Content
DAY 1
AM – The Role of the HRBP
- Clarity of HR’s purpose, vision and values
- Explore the core purpose of the HRBP: the role of the HRBP versus where most time and effort is spent
- Identify key attitudes of great HRBPs.
PM – CRF’s Strategic Framework for HR
- You will simulate a senior management meeting to explore your organisational analysis and understand key business inputs – business imperatives, external environment, internal climate, resources, etc.
- You will look at perspectives from other members of the management team to explore how HR can add value to these conversations and not simply respond to HR-related questions.
- You will then look at how to influence decision making and manage expectations to generate greater impact.
DAY 2
AM – CRF’s Strategic Framework for HR (continued)
- In the second half of the simulation you will explore the business analysis carried out on day one and its implications for HR.
- This will include
- The assessment of capability versus organisational challenges
- The necessity of evidence in decision making
- The value of communication, involvement and ownership
- The importance of prioritisation and measuring business outcomes, versus HR processes.
PM – Future and on-going development
- We will work with you to create a longer-term and developmental career agenda for yourself and colleagues.
Course delivery details
Programme Dates
14 – 15 October 2024: 09.00 – 17.00 each day (two-day residential – South East, UK)
Expenses
The cost of the programme is £2,250 (+VAT) for CRF members and £4,500 (+VAT) for non-members. Price includes accommodation.
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ABOUT CRF Founded in 1994, Corporate Research Forum (CRF) is a membership organisation whose purpose is to increase the effectiveness of the HR function, in order to drive sustained organisational performance, by developing the capability of HR professionals. Through more than 30...