Example Assignments
(i)
Working in partnership with a Local
Authority to introduce business partnering across the Resources
Directorate – Finance, Legal, IT, HR, Audit, Communications
and Strategy
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have worked with this local authority for some time, supporting
its introduction of a business partnering approach across seven
functions in the Resources Directorate. This support has included:
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Briefing meetings with
senior managers and the Chief Executive and his team on the
partnering approach, benefits, external lessons learned and
their implications
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Facilitation of the Resources
Management heads of function and their direct reports to explore
the realities of business partnering and how they may implement
the approach in their functions and across resources
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Launch sessions for Business
client groups and the individual support functions
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Development programme for
business partners across the Resources Directorate including
induction, strategic partnering, relationship management and
influencing and consultancy
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Action learning groups
and support to address key challenges in implementing a business
partnering approach across corporate services
(ii)
Providing development programmes
on advanced stakeholder management for Group professional functions
at a FTSE 100 financial services organisation
The participants were senior
managers in the Corporate Group and included participants from
Risk, Legal, Property, Procurement, HR, Audit and Finance.
The assignment included:
- Interviewing senior stakeholders of the participants
on their views of the partnering skills and stakeholder management
capabilities of the group
- Highly participative development workshops
including actors for role play
- Working on real stakeholder management challenges
for senior managers working at director-level in the organisation
- Individuals encouraged to challenge themselves
and each other to break old habits and develop new ways of
working
A series of workshops were delivered which
were highly successful, with excellent feedback and clear shifts
in approach from individuals participating
(iii)
Facilitating a ‘Business Partnering’
workshop for the Communications team at a Financial Services organisation
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was asked to work with the Communications team on developing their
business partnering approach, having already successfully worked
with the HR team.
This included:
- Reviewing current approaches, services and
roles against a partnering model
- Looking at how support could be more strategically
aligned to current and future needs
- Exploring Business Partner competencies and
skills to create a development plan
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Quote
from a Client |
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"A
very useful process, breaking down how the Business Partner role
works in practice, working out our stakeholder management plan and
where and how we will get our quick wins. We will keep up the momentum
by widening the process to involve the HR Advisors and having regular
development and planning sessions"
Corinne Dolt, Regional HR Manager
BAKER TILLY |
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