INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) BUSINESS PARTNERING TRAINING PROGRAM

Take the first step towards building a trusted and high-performing internal IT team – and amplify your business partnering impact to the next level.

Builders of trust.
Experts in technology and change.

Enhancing the maturity of your IT operations and building sustainable relationships with key internal stakeholders starts with trust: trust in one another and in the team’s capabilities. It starts with executing the business partnering fundamentals consistently.

Getting these basics right, means building sustainable and proactive relationships with your key internal stakeholders becomes easier. The IT Business Partnering Impact Program is designed to empower your team with the relevant tools, frameworks, language and mindset to become trusted experts in driving organisational change.

So if your team requires a capability boost, if you’re tasked with driving IT change across the business, or if you’re leading a new team of IT Business Partners and want to get them ‘talking’ the same language of business partnering and behaving in an aligned way – then we’d like to hear from you!

SOME COMPANIES WE’VE PARTNERED WITH

What makes this IT Business Partnering DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM unique?

Firstly, we specialise in developing business partners.

It’s what we do, it’s what we are passionate about and what we do well. It’s our dedication to establishing the core fundamentals of business partnering with all our participants: Know yourself. Know your business. Know your stakeholders.

We deliver content through a combination of research-driven tools and frameworks, real-world insights, and meaningful conversations that emphasise building trust across the team and organisation.

Above all, we prioritise taking action. Doing something different to get a positive result for your business and stakeholders.

The Business Partnering Playbook

Finally, a book that provides realistic and targeted advice to Business Partners!

Business Partners hold a vital role as trusted confidants with deep technical expertise, and their impact is evident across all business functions. Initially tasked with providing advice, they are now true collaborating partners, ideally placed to lead and manage change in the changing world of work and business. Yet as the Business Partner role has changed, there has been no pathway to develop the competencies essential for their success.

Until now. If you are a current or aspiring Business Partner – HR, Finance, Procurement, IT, Risk, Audit, Compliance, Legal, Marketing – this is the book for you.

EVOLVE shows you how to navigate service models and systems, build your commercial acumen and deliver value to your organisation.

CORE PROGRAM MODULES

KNOW YOUR BUSINESS

How IT Business Partners can best
support their business model

We share a systematic and clear approach on what it means to think and act strategically while nurturing a strong commercial mindset for IT leaders and employees. This module is essential for the development of a mature and effective IT function, covers the broad and inter-related areas of a company’s business model, and how to use this information to support the business with informed decision-making as part of the overall business strategy.

KNOW YOUR STAKEHOLDERS

Without trust, technical skills
alone won't suffice.

Building and nurturing trusted business relationships across all business functions is a foundational capability for IT teams. This module focuses on the role IT business partners play in building relationships with internal stakeholders, customers and suppliers. We focus on the importance of building trust, effective communication skills, and maintaining a relevant presence in the business partnering relationship for optimal impact.

KNOW YOUR MACRO WORLD

Understanding external influences
helps enhance decision-making.

Business decisions are influenced by internal and external factors across different industries, markets and geographies. This module focuses on building a strong “outside-in” view of the world, and how macro-environmental factors impact a company’s direction and the IT team’s broader decision-making. A solid understanding of the macro factors that impact the organisation, and is critical to effective decision making.

IT BUSINESS PARTNERING TOOLKIT

Improved stakeholder engagement
through high impact skills.

Participants will learn about the ACDC Contextual Partnering Model, to help identify and understand the different delivery modes of a business partner depending on the business and stakeholder context. These tools provide a valuable insight into building a strong internal personal brand and how they can amplify their impact by leveraging the different modes of business partnering in the right context.

LEARN DATA STORYTELLING

A vital “life” skill for
all IT Professionals

Storytelling plays a major function in all work contexts and done well, helps transform the impact IT business partners have on their business. This influential capability can therefore help unlock an IT team’s ability to better collaborate and negotiate better outcomes for the overall business. The result: creating a high-performance environment that thrives on action and outcomes, not just ideas.

KNOW THE VALUE YOU DELIVER

Articulate and measure
the value you deliver

To know you’re having an impact, you need to know how to articulate and measure the value your team delivers as IT business partners. It is knowing the trade-offs you make about what you do and what you don’t do as a team: this makes all the difference to stakeholders. This module shares some high impact frameworks for you to use in assessing the value IT Business Partners deliver individually and as a team.

THE CALL TO ACTION FOR IT TEAMS!

In today’s dynamic environment, businesses face increasing industry disruption, market uncertainties, risk, and rapid innovation. For any team of IT business partners, more than ever, these considerations bring an increased responsibility for driving and owning business outcomes. This call to action for IT Teams serves as a vital pillar in managing change across any organisation and staying relevant in the face of fast-changing industry and technology market trends. An effective IT team forms a key part helping drive change across any organisation and helping achieve core strategic goals.

Our IT Business Partnering training is tailored to develop a high-performing and trusted group of IT business partners, amplifying their business acumen, differentiating their capabilities and giving them an edge in the marketplace. Aimed at IT managers and their teams, this course is suitable for all backgrounds.

The learning outcomes for participants include:

Equip themselves with the necessary behavioural attributes to meet the expectations of key internal and external stakeholders.
Establish a solid foundation of trust with their team, core stakeholders and other functions.
Develop a personal brand known as a consistent and trusted strategic advisor.
Build their business acumen to complement their technical proficiency.

UNDERSTAND YOUR BUSINESS

How the HR Business Partners fits within and supports your company’s business model

We help you grow your ability strategically and develop a strong commercial mindset. This module is crucial for building a mature and effective HR function. It covers essential aspects of what are the core elements of a business model, helping you make informed decisions that support the overall business strategy. This module is tailored to your company and industry – no ‘off the shelf’ solution here!

UNDERSTAND YOUR STAKEHOLDERS

Without trust, your effectiveness as a HR and People & Culture business partner diminishes - regardless of how technically proficient you are

Building and nurturing trusted business relationships across all business functions is a foundational capability for all HR professionals – regardless of seniority. This module focuses on the role HR business partners play in building relationships with internal stakeholders and their People and Culture colleagues. We prioritise trust-building, building fit for purpose communication skills, and creating a strong presence in stakeholder relationships for maximum impact and team and individual success.

UNDERSTAND YOUR MACRO WORLD

Understanding the external influences that impact your business improves decision-making for HR and People & Culture professionals

Business decisions are influenced by internal and external factors across different industries, markets and geographies. This module focuses on building a strong “outside-in” view of the world, and how macro-environmental factors impact a company’s direction and the HR team’s decision-making. A solid understanding of the macro factors that can impact the organisation, is critical to effective decision making.

YOUR HR and PEOPLE & CULTURE BUSINESS PARTNERING TOOLKIT

Build high impact skills for greater effectiveness across core stakeholder groups

This module will introduce you to tools like the ACDC Contextual Partnering Model to help identify and understand the different delivery modes of a business partner depending on the work context. These tools provide participants a valuable insight into their personal preferences, and how they can broaden out their expertise by leveraging the different modes of business partnering in the right context. This module highlights how essential it is to build a strong internal brand for your HR function and the sustainable growth and relevance of any team.

DATA AS A STORYTELLING TOOL

A vital “life” skill for all HR and People & Culture Teams

Storytelling plays an increasing role in all work contexts and done well, helps transform the impact business partners have on their business. Refining this lost skill of storytelling can unleash a HR team’s ability to collaborate effectively and influence better outcomes for the overall business. This fosters a high-performance environment driven by action and tangible results, not just ideas.

KNOW & MEASURE THE VALUE YOU DELIVER

The core ingredient to driving team success

To know you’re having an impact, you need to know how to articulate and measure the value your team delivers as HR business partners. It’s knowing the trade-offs you make around what you do and what you don’t do as a team. This makes all the difference to stakeholders. This module shares some high impact frameworks for you to use in assessing the value HR and People and Culture Business Partners deliver individually and as a team.

Guidance really helped

I really connected with and appreciated the style and approach. The one-on-one guidance really helped.

Claire

Senior Manager

Helped me achieve

My goal was to maintain focus on my most important leadership priorities and this program has helped me achieve this.

Andrew

General Counsel

Program helped me in so many ways

My learnings from this program have helped me in so many ways both personally and professionally.

Deborah

HR Director

Insights were innovative and pragmatic

I appreciated the extensive experience from a wide range of sectors to draw upon. The insights shared were innovative and pragmatic

Raj

GM Human Resources

Truly enriching and transformational experience

The guidance I have received has been instrumental in helping me to workout my overall vision and strategies for my career and personal goals. This has been a truly enriching and transformational experience.

Katarina

Marketing Specialist

REGISTER YOUR INTEREST

We want to disrupt everyday thinking, spark new ideas and create new ways to interact that will support you to truly have an impact. If you’re ready to increase your impact as a Business Partner, register your interest to join our Business Partnering Impact Program by filling out the form below.