“For HR to master a new role, centred on deliverables with new patterns of behaviours, both learning and unlearning needs to occur. Learning means appreciating new alternatives; unlearning means letting go of the past”. Becoming a business partner sounds easy but in practice demands a shift in mindset and capability…

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In the private and public sector, pressure for organisations to perform has never been higher, and HR has a key role to play in both managing the cost of the people in the business and enabling line managers and leaders to engage and align them in the most effective manner. In our work with global clients we have provided development for HR Business partners to help them make the transition to this role, and assisted in the integration of how the different parts within HR work together more effectively.

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Bath Consultancy Group has developed the HR Transformation model to help understand the kinds of contribution, which HR is making to the business. To be a Strategic Partner, HR leaders need to be engaging others on the future issues and opportunities, which face the business. They need to be facilitating the process and raising the challenge of how to deal with these.

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