PREPARE
Adopting a strategic mindset
Understanding the Prepare/Partner/Perform framework
Adopting a strategic mindset and skill set
Assessing yourself on the strategic continuum
Working through a strategic lens
Analyzing business data to create insights and guide decisions
Understanding the importance of business data to HR
Asking critical questions
Identifying internal and external business factors
Measuring business impact with business metrics
Aligning overall talent strategy to business priorities and objectives
Understanding HR’s pivotal position
Aligning talent strategy to business strategy
Increasing your relevance to business
Describing types of business strategies
Varying talent strategies according to business strategies
Documenting priorities and measurements
Communicating with the Talent Measurement Value Approach
Aligning HR interventions with talent and business strategies
End of Day One
PARTNER
Consulting with clients to determine issues and root causes
Reviewing a day in the life of an HRBP
Understanding consulting types: reactive vs. proactive
Using a consulting model
Creating a questioning strategy
Determining root cause
Collecting data and preparing insights
Collaborating with partners
Sharing findings with clients
Developing recommendations
Working with CoEs
Communicating progress to gain champions and influence positive change
Creating change through people
HCI’s Change Management Model
Understanding resistance to change
Making the case for change
Communicating about change
Creating solutions that drive impact and change
Understanding your role as an HRBP
Developing HR interventions
Identifying the impact of talent optimization on business
Using the appropriate talent management solutions holistically
Aligning business issues, talent issues, and solutions
End of Day Two
PERFORM
Solving business issues by implementing solutions
Recognizing the need for project management
Implementing solutions
Using different project management (agile vs. waterfall)
Implementing a solution
Using project management process and tools:
• Initiation
• Project scope
• Project charter
• Planning
• RASCI Model
• Execution
• Closing
Addressing project management challenges
Sustaining solutions by evaluating impact and iterating so they can be used elsewhere in the organization
Determining measurement intervals
Using leading indicators to measure progress
Putting reporting in place
Creating insight from data
Using the analytics value approach
Visualizing data
Use storytelling to drive key points
Scaling solutions model
Action Planning
Determining what you can do immediately, in 30 days, in 6 months, and in a year
End of Strategic HR Business Partner (sHRBP) Certification
