The HR Business Partner Handbook
eBook - ePub

The HR Business Partner Handbook

A Practical Guide to Being Your Organization’s Strategic People Expert

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  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The HR Business Partner Handbook

A Practical Guide to Being Your Organization’s Strategic People Expert

About this book

How do I balance delivery of the HR strategy with the needs of the business? How can I solve key people issues while also becoming a true strategic HR business partner? This book has the answers.

Packed with expert advice, The HR Business Partner Handbook explains how HR Business Partners can be both the go-to people expert needed by employees and the trusted strategic ally needed by the business. This book covers how to develop an authoritative knowledge of HR practice as well as deep understanding of what the organization does and its business goals. It includes guidance on all the people fundamentals needed as well as the importance of empathy, humility and how to demonstrate leadership on moral and ethical issues. It also covers how to adapt advice and activity for different stakeholders.

This book explains how to identify the root of an HR issue and not just treat the symptoms and most importantly, how to develop solutions that work for an organization and its people. There is practical guidance on how to develop a strategic mindset, learn what to start doing and what to stop. It also features an assessment of the common pitfalls and intra-profession challenges and how HR business partners should seek to approach them. Written by an HR Business Partner, for HR Business Partners, this is an indispensable guide for everyone wanting to excel in this role and drive improvement in an organization, its leaders and HR. Finally, a 'how-to' guide for HR business partners at every stage of their career!

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Information

Publisher
Kogan Page
Year
2021
Print ISBN
9781398602984
eBook ISBN
9781398602991

Table of contents

  1. Preface
  2. Introduction: A well-trodden path should be easy to follow
  3. Part One The foundational structure
  4. 01 Knowing HR
  5. 02 Knowing the business
  6. 03 Adding value
  7. Part Two The people fundamentals
  8. 04 Always listen to people
  9. 05 The power of empathy
  10. 06 The protection of perception
  11. 07 The moral and ethical compass
  12. 08 Style, service and subservience
  13. 09 Humble headlines
  14. Part Three The road to strategic
  15. 10 The active application of procrastination
  16. 11 Say no to strangers
  17. 12 Ever the pragmatist
  18. Part Four The clever stuff
  19. 13 Strategic is a mindset
  20. 14 Don’t treat the symptoms
  21. 15 Tell me a story
  22. Part Five The warning signs
  23. 16 Don’t throw nuts
  24. 17 Progression over promotion
  25. Epilogue: Don’t stay too long
  26. Acknowledgements
  27. Index