The Client’s
Challenge - To launch HR Business Partnering
This Financial Services Company wanted a smooth transition to
a new HR Partnering model in ambitious timescales. They needed
to be clear about the roles and ensure the right people were
selected.
develop uk’s Approach
develop uk helped the client define the different roles and
create a selection process to support their timescales. A
pragmatic solution was designed to minimise disruption and
ensure the benchmark for staff in the new structure was
achieved. Clarity on the roles and requirements was backed
up by a support process for HR staff to prepare their
applications and assess their own suitability, cross referenced
with management feedback.
Outcomes
Our work resulted in a blueprint for Business Partnering and
transformation, with clearly defined roles for individuals.
Our approach, which used a degree of self-selection, resulted
in the organisation successfully retaining those most capable
and best suited to the new positions.
The transformation to Business Partnering was achieved
effectively, efficiently and on time, with clearly defined and
planned development for those within the new roles. |
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Partnering
Masterclass
The Client’s
Challenge - To engage and develop the HR Community
A government department wanted to engage
HR in
Partnering and bring the benefits to life.
develop uk’s Approach
develop
uk provided real insight into what effective Business Partners
can do in an organisation.
We ran a series of Business Partnering Masterclasses for up
to 80 people at a time, exploring the meaning of true
Business Partnering and demonstrating tools that HR staff can
use with their clients. We brought Business Partnering to life
by bringing in Business Partners from other companies.
Outcomes
The
tools introduced at the Masterclasses are now available
to attendees on their Intranet, and we received great
feedback from the Masterclasses.… ‘I learned more
about
Business Partnering and what it means in the last half an hour
than I have in the last 2 years!’ |
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Partnering
Academy
The Client’s
Challenge - To develop a leading edge HR Partnering Academy
The client, a FTSE 100 multinational decided
to set up an HR Business Partnering Academy so they could provide
meaningful and stretching development solutions for their HR
people.
develop uk’s
Approach
develop uk created
a bespoke 360º tool to assess skills and
competencies of the HR workforce worldwide. The questions were
developed by facilitated sessions with HR Partners across the
world, resulting in an online tool that supported strategic
and personal development programmes by providing high quality,
challenging and incisive reports.
Outcomes
Participants are very clear which strengths
they can use to
deliver competitive advantage and the key development areas
they need to address.
The client uses group and regional trends to instigate further
Academy interventions and the 360º tool is now a core thread
running through the Partnering Academy. |
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"develop uk were
really able to understand the indviduals and the team dynamics particularly
in what we have to deliver in a financial context. They helped us
to focus on identifying solutionsto the real issues we face".
Janet Senior, Director of Corporate Resources,
London Borough of Lewisham |
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from a Client |
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"We have worked with
develop uk for some time now and appreciate their pragmatism and flexibility
in delivering just what we need"
Michelle
Clarke, Learning and Development Manager
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