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Becoming a Business Partner

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Business Consulting Skills

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Why attend Becoming a Business Partner?

The role of internal consultant or business partner is fast becoming a must for many organisations. Projects typically falter because of a lack of understanding of the broader context, poor contracting, weak sponsors, insufficient communication and poorly defined roles or processes. It can affect relationships that lack a strong foundation or commitment.

At an organisational level there’s a need to resolve complex problems, break down the silo mentality and develop skills in dealing with ambiguity. Working as a business partner requires a different skill set, as well as knowledge and a strategy to put the tools and processes to best use. This internal consultancy skills training will give you the skills and techniques to do just that.

Who is this consultancy skills course for?

This business consulting skills course benefits line managers, Human Resource staff, or other service functions who are asked to take on an internal consulting role either full-time or on specific projects. It will also be highly valuable for any service function wanting to take a more strategic view of the organisation, rather than always behaving reactively.

Benefits of Presenting with NLP

Gain a thorough understanding of the consulting cycle
Practical tools to use at each stage of the cycle
Demonstrate credibility as an internal consultant
Add value by helping clients identify real problems and their true impact, together with what they need to do to resolve them
Develop solutions which have systemic and sustainable impact, rather than just quick fixes
Create strategies for handling client resistance to news ways of working
Make a smooth transition into the business partner role
Know what standards and processes are required to support the transition
Gain a better strategic understanding of business issues
Have increased awareness of the personal changes required to develop into a business partner role
Acquire skills to diagnose and facilitate solutions to any business problem

What you will learn

Consulting framework
Developing a systemic approach
Contracting
Techniques to identify clients’ problems and needs
Designing and implementing the solution
Evaluation and disengagement
Gaining business acceptance to internal consulting services

Course details

Maximum participants:	12
Duration:	3-4 days
Available as:	In-company
In-company course price:	Please contact us


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