HR Business Partner Certification Program (HRBP)

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Description

“Historically, many within the HR Profession have lamented the lack of respect and acknowledgement for the services they provide. Now opportunity is banging at the door of every HR Function to reverse that situation. The need to be more strategic and business-linked is evident.” – J Robinson, and D Robinson, Strategic Business Partner

The HRBP Certification Program provides participants with guidelines to support senior leaders as a business partner. Participants recognize their HRBP role and the importance of knowing the business. This program prepares participants to consult with leaders to identify HR business needs and to be the coach and support senior leader teams dealing with HR challenges. Participants learn how to create a Human Resource Strategic Plan and play the Change Agent role to implement the plan. Participants learn to apply analytics to measure outcomes.

If you are interested in gaining this certification in the field of OD to advance your career potential! Register today!

Participants Will:

Understand HRBP role in analyzing, creating, supporting, and managing the HR business system
Recognize the Employee Champion role as representing and communicating employee needs
Identify how to support, advise and support senior leaders on HR initiatives
Develop as the HR Business Partner to support senior leaders and business goals
Learn how to be a change agent to support and implement change
Demonstrate consulting skills to influence senior leaders and help them achieve goals
Understand how to conduct strategic planning sessions when implementing change
Demonstrate how to use metrics to measure outcomes
Understand the new role of HR in innovation and technology

Benefits of HRBP Certification

Build your brand as a certified HR Business Partner
Apply proven methodology to create a solid HR Strategy plan
Become a catalyst of change in your organization
Lead change management initiatives effectively
Sharpen your HR Business Partner skills
Apply what you learn immediately in your current role
Earn 24 HRCI Credits and 24 SHRM PDUs for recertification
Receive a badge for promoting your HRBP Distinction on social media
Become certified as an “HRBP” to be recognized as a Certified HR Business Partner

Who Should Take This Online HR Certification:

Human Resource Professionals
Talent Management Professionals
Learning and Development Professionals
Those seeking career advancement in the field of HR and Organization Development

Requirements

Certification Requirements

Attend all 8 sessions
Complete all assignments
Complete self-development plan
Complete a final examination – this goes on all requirements pages
Upon completion of these requirements, you will receive your printable certificate via email and digital badge

Online Sessions

Online Sessions are 3 hours long and meet once a month. Once you register, you will receive confirmation of all meeting dates and times. Each session is facilitated live by an experienced OD Consultant.

Cost

The cost of the HRBP Certification Program is $3,800.00 USD

Resources Provided:

One-on-one coaching
Participant Materials for each session – Slides, Participant Guide, and Handouts
Comprehensive list of HR publications and references
Upon completion, you will receive an official certification and digital badge to display

Features of IOD’s Certification Programs

Convenient
- Connect from anywhere to the online meetings
- Interactive sessions with experienced OD practitioners in an instructor led format
- Virtual sessions meet once a month on the same day of the month and at the same time
Flexible
- Program schedule is flexible enough to cover multiple time zones/regions
- We understand the workplace and personal demands, in some cases we can accommodate for make-up sessions so you won’t miss the learning experience
- One-on-one coaching
- Participant Materials for each session – Slides, Participant Guide, and Handouts
- Comprehensive list of OD publications and references
- Upon completion, you will receive an official certification and a digital badge to display your distinction as an “ODCC”
Affordable
- Group discount available for groups of 5 or more.
- Special discount for referrals and additional courses.

Curriculum

Curriculum:

Session 1: Understand the HR Business Partner Role — participants learn how to create an HR business system model, recognize the role of the HR business partner and the critical elements of this partnership. Review the HRBP competency requirements and your role in supporting leaders and being a champion for employees.

Learning Objectives:

Identify the HR Business Partner Context
Create a HR Business System Model
Recognize the Role of the HR Business Partner
Review HRBP Competency Requirements
Define your role in supporting leaders and being a champion for employees

Session 2: Learn the Business – Know the culture, vision, mission, values, goals, and key decision makers. Be aware of changes and areas that need support, advise and support from senior leaders on HR Initiatives. Support the implementation. Learn how to develop partnerships and influencing skills to build relationships.

Learning Objectives:

Recognize critical HR Competencies for success
Define HRBP areas of responsibility
Identify the HR Business Partner Development Blueprint
Determine how to increase your business acumen
Realize the role of the HR Strategic Partner
Demonstrate the role as HR Change Agent

Session 3: Becoming a Business Partner – know your HRBP competency level– Build trust and credibility, communicate with confidence, identify needs, set expectations, contract for agreement, provide coaching, support problem solving and decision making, agree to action steps, implement and follow up.

Learning Objectives

Define how to align the HR Business Strategy to Business Strategy
Develop skills as a Strategic Business Partner
Recognize a HRBP competency model
Define HRBP Roles
Identify your development needs
Define the building blocks for building relationships and developing partnerships
Recognize how to build trust and credibility
Identify how to sell to the C-Suite

Session 4. HRBP Consulting Role — Recognize your role in supporting project planning, facilitation meetings and events to conduct effective meetings, training sessions, team building and feedback sessions.

Learning Objectives:

Identify your role as a consultant in helping business partners
Recognize your role in planning, and facilitating effective meetings
Realize how to effectively support project teams to accomplish goals and implement actions
Identify a model to help teams perform more effectively
Practice debriefing meetings and events to gain feedback on the process and progress

Session 5: Strategic Planning Role — Become more effective helping senior leaders implement changes by using a strategic planning approach to create a vision, mission, conduct a SWOT analysis, identify priorities, set goals, and develop a action plan to ensure execution.

Learning Objectives:

Identify the role of HR in Strategic Planning
Collect data to assess the current HR processes
Create a strategic plan to identify a comprehensive HR strategy
Recognize how to plan and facilitate a strategic planning process
Create an HR strategic map to identify the HR vision and mission and action plan to achieve goals

Session 6: Become a Change Agent– Partnering with leaders, teams, and stakeholders to implement a sustainable change process and address resistance to change.

Learning Objectives:

Understand organization change and the impact
Identify several models to implement change
Determine organization readiness for change
Realize your role as a change agent

Session 7. HR Analytics – Understand what metrics are and how to use them to measure results. Develop metrics that are aligned to organization strategy. Determine which metrics are relevant to your organization and know how to compose a scorecard and measure results.

Learning Objectives:

Understand HR analytics and how to use them to measure results
Determine which metrics are relevant to your organization
Define how to collect data to measure results
Evaluate outcomes
Review HR metrics and apply them

Session 8. Being an Employee Advocate, Leading Innovation and Technology – Realize your role as an innovator in HR, encourage innovation to solve problems, challenge the status quo, and find unique ways to disrupt old ways of thinking. Recognize the role of HR in the new technological age.

Learning Objectives:

Learn your role as Employee Champion
Recognize and embrace technology and innovation
Support your organization with integrating technology
Identify Artificial Intelligence (AI) methods that enhance the employee experience
Create a plan for improving your competence as an HRBP