Business Catalyst: Reimagining HR Business Partnering

This programme will examine the attitudes that differentiate great HRBPs and, by working through CRF’s Strategic HR Framework, will enhance your capabilities in a range of areas.
Location
Greater London
Date
13-14 October 2025
Residential Price
CRF members £2,250
Non-members £4,500

About this Programme

Based on our ground-breaking research, this programme goes beyond developing skills to shifting mindsets. It will shift your focus from bureaucratic HR towards delivering business impact, building organisational capability, and creating sustainable value. With an emphasis on practical implementation, the programme will increase your impact within your organisation by:
  • Developing deeper commercial and strategic thinking;
  • Ensuring faster and more effective delivery;
  • Improving influencing skills.

Who Should Attend?

Attendees will be existing HR Business Partners, specialists moving into the role, or HR Managers preparing for a more strategic position. We expect all attendees to be technically proficient in HR.

Benefits of Attending

  • Gain greater understanding of how your organisation operates, delivers value and drives success, thereby enabling you to be a more effective business partner
  • Increase your credibility with customers by developing greater commercial acumen, business understanding and influencing skills
  • Grow in confidence to challenge existing thinking through a robust model for effective HR
  • Evaluate where you can add greater value to the organisation
  • Build your overall capability ensuring you optimise your business impact.

COURSE DIRECTOR

Nick Holley

After 17 years in HR leadership roles in global organisations like Arthur Andersen and Vodafone, Nick spent 10 years at Henley Business School where he was a visiting professor and Director of the Centre for HR Excellence. He has developed and delivered HR capability programmes for organisations across the UK and Europe, and internationally.
Patrick Jones - Course author