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The HR Business Partner Handbook

A Practical Guide to Being Your Organization’s Strategic People Expert
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The HR Business Partner Handbook by Glenn Templeman is a practical guide for HR professionals aiming to become strategic business partners within their organisations. The book delivers insights into aligning HR strategies with organisational goals, enhancing talent management, and transforming HR into a key player in driving business success. It offers actionable advice to elevate HR roles from traditional functions to influential business partners.
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If you're seeking to enhance your role as an HR professional or aspiring to become a strategic partner within your organisation, this book offers valuable insights and practical guidance. With a focus on bridging the gap between HR functions and business strategy, it may appeal to you if you're interested in effective HR practices and leadership development in the business world.

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Excel in your role as an HR Business Partner by understanding how to support workforce wellbeing, drive performance while providing strategic insight to achieve business goals.

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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 a deep understanding of what the organisation 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 organisation 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 organisation, its leaders, and HR. Finally, a 'how-to' guide for HR business partners at every stage of their career!

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The HR Business Partner Handbook is praised for its practical guidance and strategic insights aimed at both aspiring and practising HR Business Partners. Reviewers appreciate its relatable and informative style, as well as its focus on the 'human' aspect of HR amidst technological advancements. It's considered a valuable read for enhancing strategic thinking, offering a clear roadmap for career development in HR, and providing insightful perspectives into the role's transformative potential.

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Book Details

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ISBN: 9781398602984

Publisher: Kogan Page Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 December 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Kogan Page Ltd

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 14.0mm

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 235.0mm

Weight: 390g

Pages: 256

About the Author

Glenn Templeman has breadth and depth of HR and business partnering experience gained over a twenty-year career thinking about or being an HR business partner across the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. Based in London, UK, he is currently an HR consultant within the management consulting industry working with government and public sector clients.

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