Tools and Resources

develop uk has a proven track record in researching business partnering, writing articles and developing practical toolkits.
We have a range of bespoke business partnering tools designed to support organisations and individuals to successfully implement partnering and develop the role of the business partner.
If you in interested in any of the tools described below, email Judith.strange@develop.uk.com.

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1. How Are We Doing? Readiness For Business Partnering
This tool is about the current function and its ‘readiness’ for business partnering. It can either be used as a questionnaire or a ‘card sort’ in a group exercise. For each of the questions you decide whether the answer is ‘yes’, ‘no’ or ‘partly’, allowing you to then map your function’s current progress towards business partnering and plan the next key steps on the journey.


2. Mapping Your Current Role
This simple tool reviews the current activity of professionals against key activities within a business partnering approach. The personal profile you create shows the extent to which you currently operate as a ‘Strategic Business Partner’, ‘Consultant’, ‘Specialist/Expert’ and ‘Provider of Operational Support’. By mapping current activity and roles, it allows individuals to take a step back and determine what they will need to do more of, and less of, going forward. It can also be used to help develop job descriptions by recognising the overlaps and differences between roles.


3. Business Partner Competencies
As part of our extensive experience and research into business partnering we have developed a suite of competencies for Business Partners. Under the headings of ‘Relationship Manager’, ‘Shaper’, ‘Leader’, ‘Consultant’ and ‘Expert’, the competencies identify development needs and ensure the expectations of the role, skills and behaviours are clear and understood. Our development programmes and Partnering Academy solutions directly link to supporting the business partner competencies.