Recently we were talking to a group of business partners about commercial acumen. Now I don’t know about you, but commercial acumen doesn’t get me in any loving moods. However, in our Business Partnering e-forum we ended up joining the concepts of falling in love and commercial acumen – yes...
5 Essential Capabilities for Business Partnering with Impact
Frequent change and disruption. Market uncertainties. Rapid innovation. These are some of the many factors impacting businesses today. The expectations of the HR Business Partner (and HR Specialists) have evolved considerably in recent years and with these heightened expectations, comes the need to refresh and upskill to keep up with...
[VIDEO] How You Know You’re Adding Value and Impact
One of the most challenging aspects at times of the Business Partner role is knowing whether you are adding value and how you measure it. What I mean by this is that you’ll definitely know if you are doing a poor job. But if you are doing a good job, it’s hard to measure the impact. ...
[VIDEO] Valuable Tools That Enhance Your Impact As A Business Partner
Great Business Partners have a toolkit with tried and tested tools that can be used to help clients generate ideas, further their understanding and perhaps see a different perspective. There are lots of new and unique tools to be explored. Our philosophy is to keep current by knowing what’s available, and also be discerning with what...