Elevate your HR Business Partnering

Today’s organisations expect HR Business Partners to do far more than support HR processes – they need trusted advisors who create measurable business value, influence strategic decisions, and build strong stakeholder relationships.

This workshop is designed to help HR professionals strengthen their impact through practical tools, proven frameworks, and fresh thinking. Built around our Seven HR Enablers model, which is endorsed by Dave Ulrich, this interactive programme explores the key behaviours, skills, and approaches that enable HR Business Partners to become more commercially focused, influential, and effective.

Through engaging discussions, practical exercises, and real-world application, participants will learn how to better understand business priorities, build stronger stakeholder partnerships, navigate complexity, leverage data and analytics, and enhance their credibility as strategic contributors. Whether you are an HR Business Partner, HR leader, or HR professional looking to increase your organisational impact, this workshop provides a clear framework for developing the confidence, capability, and mindset needed to succeed in today’s evolving world of work.

Find out more about our Seven HR Enablers here

Who is this workshop for?

HRBPs, HR leaders and professionals from every part of HR

We have a generic version of the Enablers and this workshop for other central functions, e.g. Finance, IT and Marketing.

What will I learn?

Workshop Outline

Context for HR in today’s world of work – challenge your thinking about your impact.
Tools and concepts within the development framework of the Seven HR Enablers

Enabler	Overview of Enabler	Tools and concepts in this workshop
Perspective	*Constant dialogue with the business and stakeholders, and acting accordingly*	How to look through a business lens to clarify your stakeholders’ priorities How to map HR activities against these and build business relevance
Connection	*Building the kind of trust and respect that earns HR a seat at the table*	How to scope out your stakeholder landscape and focus on key relationships Explore the 4 Modes of Business Partnering – the path towards collaboration and co-creation
Balance	*Managing complexity and conflicting agendas, with integrity and shared values*	How to anticipate conflicting stakeholder needs Explore your beliefs about your role and how these underpin how you partner
Focus	*Getting the right results for the business, on budget*	How to Identify the right problem and build a business case – relate people causes to business outcomes
Push	*Pace and resilience, and courage to stand up and speak out*	How to advocate for people priorities, and build strength and confidence with positive beliefs about HR partnering
Rigour	*Delivering what you promise; reliable, accurate, up to date*	How to leverage data and people analytics How to build a business case for HR’s work
Reputation	*Winning respect as effective driver of business success*	What do you want to be known for? How to be fully conscious of how you are seen and what you actually deliver

Self and 360 evaluations are available.

Facilitators

This workshop is facilitated by Deborah Wilkes, CEO of Enable-HR International Limited

What are the outcomes?

This workshop is designed to stimulate fresh thinking and new ideas. As a result, HR people in a Business Partnering role will be able to:

Challenge and stretch their thinking about how they can add increased value in their role
Map out their development needs should they wish to progress in their role
Implement new practices that will improve their credibility, confidence and impact.

What do I get?

Participative sessions and practical discussions to explore their relevance
Ideas that you can implement immediately
Q&A with facilitators to expand participants’ thinking, with the opportunity to email questions afterwards.

Date:

Tuesday 30th June 2026

Time:

12:30 – 15:30 UK

Format:

3-hour interactive virtual workshop

Format:

3-hour interactive virtual workshop

£50.00

This virtual workshop can also be run in-house. Please contact us if this is of interest to your organisation.

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