Reboot your HR Business Partnering with the Seven HR Enablers

Explore how this proven development framework can help you take your stakeholder relationships to the next level.

HR business partnering is complex. It demands high levels of both hard and soft skills – from business acumen to delicate situational and political intelligence.

We researched the behaviours and activities that drive effective business partnering, and captured them in this popular framework of Seven HR Enablers which is endorsed by Dave Ulrich.

During this webinar we provide some fresh thinking plus powerful tools and concepts that you can put into practice the next day.

The world of work is changing fast – we can’t see yet where AI is going to take us, but the HRBP role is crucial to working that out. Now is a great time to future-proof how you partner with the business and build HR’s credibility as a true partner in driving value.

Whether you are an HR Business Partner, HR leader, or HR professional looking to increase your organisational impact, this webinar provides a clear framework for developing the confidence, capability, and mindset needed to succeed in today’s fast-evolving world of work.

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Who is this webinar for?

HR leaders, HRBPs and professionals from every part of HR

What will I learn?

Deborah Wilkes FCIPD will structure the workshop around the Seven HR Enablers model, which is built on research into the activities and behaviours that underpin great business partnering and is endorsed by Dave Ulrich.

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 identify key business drivers and explain how HR’s work leverages those
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 How to build a business case
Push	*Pace and resilience, and courage to stand up and speak out*	How to advocate for people priorities How to 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
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

Facilitators

This webinar will be facilitated by Deborah Wilkes, FCIPD

What are the outcomes?

You will come away with fresh clarity and confidence from new approaches that build your business (or organisation) focus, influence, and effectiveness.

What do I get?

Date:

Recording from Tuesday 6th October 2026

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