The Strategic HR Business Partner

Strategic 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.

Strategic HR Business Partner Bersin Academy course

Course Snapshot

4-5 hours over 5 weeks
Next session: May. 15
Enroll by: May. 22
Online social learning in teams of 30-50
Certificate of completion, SHRM + HRCI credits

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 Strategic Advisor

    As businesses adjust to the monumental shifts brought on by technology, the role of the HR Business Partner is becoming more strategic. What does that mean for today’s HRBPs? How can we grow into these new opportunities? 

  • The Data-Driven Problem Solver

    As more and more data about our people becomes available to HRBPs, we face a complex and delicate question: How can we leverage that data to help solve talent-related problems in the business? And how can we develop our skills to not only find the data, but to draw critical insights from it? 

  • The Influential Storyteller

    When we have important information to share, we have to know how to do it. “Just the facts” won’t cut it: we have to use our influence and tell good stories to address real problems.

  • The Trusted Coach

    HRBPs unique position at the intersection of strategy, organization, and talent makes us especially likely to be called on to give advice, coaching, and mentorship to an array of colleagues both up and down the org chart. How do we build the trust needed to successfully fill that role? What other tools do we need to develop? 

  • The Independent Voice

    As HRBPs, we often find ourselves straddling the needs of our business unit and the needs of the overall organization. Sometimes, that balancing act is quite tricky. But it also offers us a unique perspective to have an independent voice, offering strategic support and feedback to shape our teams in a way no one else can.

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Featured Voices

Carol Surface
Carol Surface
EVP & Chief Human Resources Officer of Medtronic
Naveen Bhateja
Naveen Bhateja
Chief Human Resources Officer of Medidata Solutions
Annella Heytens
Annella Heytens
General Manager Human Resources of Microsoft Asia Pacific, Japan and Greater China
Dr. Reza Moussavian
Dr. Reza Moussavian
VP People & Organization Transformation of Zalando
Amy Adlington
Amy Adlington
Former VP, Organizational Effectiveness of UnitedHealth Group
Naazli Sado
Naazli Sado
VP, Human Resources, Communications and Business Innovation Acceleration of Procter & Gamble

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