The Strategic HR Business Partner
HR Business Partners are at the frontline of today’s talent strategy. They represent the fastest growing role in the profession and, in many organizations, the most pivotal.

Course Snapshot
Course Snapshot
Course Overview
The course looks at the evolving job of the HR Business Partner through the lens of five different “roles” HR Business Partners have to master in order to excel in their evolving position. Each “role” corresponds to a module in the program:
The Strategic Advisor
The Data-Driven Problem Solver
The Influential Storyteller
The Trusted Coach
The Independent Voice
Questions You'll Explore:
How has employee engagement changed over time?
What does it look like to start with a desirable outcome and arrive at a valuable insight?
How does changing the way we craft and administer surveys enable broader organizational transformation?
How can we quantify outcomes that seem abstract or hard to measure?
Why should we make surveys shorter-and how?
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Field Manuals
The Strategic HR Business Partner is made up of five Field Manuals (our version of an online module). Each one contains different types of content and social exercises, all culminating in a mini-project, reflection, or debate. Each Field Manual takes 30–45 minutes to complete. You can jump on and off at your own pace, as often as you’d like. All our online learning is built to be interactive and highly social. The best insights often arise in discussions with your fellow learners, so be sure to check in on the conversations regularly.
Field Manual Overview:
30-45 minutes to complete
Bite-sized, easy to read modules for an efficient learning experience.
Self paced
You can jump on and off at your own pace, as often as you'd like.
Engaging learning modules
Each field manual contains different types of content and social exercises, all culminating in a mini-project, reflection, or debate.
The Moment of Engagement
Employee engagement is at the heart of all people-related strategies and programs at the best organizations. This Field Manual focuses on the evolution of the employee engagement survey and explores the advantages of making employee engagement a top priority for HR organizations. The Field Manual also discusses ways to leverage key opportunities for improvement.
Measuring Engagement
This Field Manual looks at modern best practices for measuring engagement and discusses how asking the right questions at the right times can help organizations make effective, long-lasting changes.
People Insights
Gleaning insights from data is a key part of employee engagement. But in today's business world, it can be difficult to determine which data to analyze and how to interpret it. This Field Manual identifies the types of data that can be meaningful, examines the relationship between insights and outcomes, and suggests ways to design employee engagement surveys that lead to tangible results.
Taking Action
Employee engagement surveys help leaders at all levels make strategic decisions and take meaningful actions. This Field Manual explores how HR can inform and inspire leaders and managers to take ownership of employee engagement data and make the changes their employees need to succeed.
A Culture of Trust
Organizational trust is the surest sign that employee engagement efforts are working. This Field Manual looks at why a culture of trust is so essential to employee engagement. It also explores how to take this conversation well beyond any survey initiatives in order to create a people-first organizational culture that's healthy, resilient, and lasting.
Field Manual Overview:
30-45 minutes to complete
Bite-sized, easy to read modules for an efficient learning experience.
Self paced
You can jump on and off at your own pace, as often as you'd like.
Engaging learning modules
Each field manual contains different types of content and social exercises, all culminating in a mini-project, reflection, or debate.
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