Creating Business Partnerships
Influencing and partnering skills are the basis for success for any consultant or internal staff professional. These skills allow you to form strong business relationships with your "clients" and enable you to impact positively on their thinking and actions. You need to ask yourself:
- What power base do you operate from for optimal success?
- How can you build long term, value added relationships with your "clients"
- How do you build your influence within you organistation?
Your success as a Human Resources Practitioner depends on your ability to influence others effectively. You need to find ways in which you can impact on and change the existing paradigms and behaviours entrenched in your organisations. The partnerships you build are equally critical to the value you can add. This workshop equips you with the practical skills and knowledge to start increasing your influence and strengthen your internal partnerships.
Competency Outputs
By the end of this workshop, delegates will be able to:
- Develop a plan to enhance your knowledge about the business of your organisation
- Identify the most appropriate power base from which you should operate
- Take practical actions to start building your influence
- Plan an influencing discussion
- Create effective networks
- Set the parameters for a partnering relationship
- Create partnering relationship with an internal client
Methodology
A combination of interactive presentations, group discussions, practical exercises and skill practices allow the delegate to develop their skills and deal with their personal issues and problems around influencing and partnering.
Workshop Duration
2 days dependent on content choice.
By WJ King with revisions and additions by James G Skakoon