The HR Business Partner is the most difficult role Human Resources can offer. Becoming the HRBP is a long journey, because the fresh college graduate has to learn many things about the HR Management.

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How to become the
HR Business
Partner?
Simple guide for the most difficult (but most admired one)
HR Career Path
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Content
• Dave Ulrich’s HR Model: HR Business Partner
• Common HR Career Paths
• HR Business Partner: Skills and Competencies
• How to become the HR Business Partner?
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3. Dave Ulrich’s
HR Model
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Dave Ulrich’s HR Model
HR Business
Partner
Change Agent
Administration
Expert
Employee
Champion
David Ulrich’s HR Model
The HR Business Partner is the HR Front Office
employee, who acts as the sales person for
internal and external clients of Human
Resources. The HRBP deals with HR Back Office
and HR Centers of Excellence.
The Change Agent participates in the company
wide projects, which affect employees and
change the corporate culture. The Change Agent
leads the change management process.
The Administration Expert is the widely
recognized expert in the area of Human
Resources Management and runs effective HR
Processes.
The Employee Champion protects rights and
interests of employees in discussions with the
top management. HR introduces policies and
procedures, which build the attractive and fair
workplace for everyone.
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HR Model and HR Organization
HR Front Office
HR Business
Partner
Change Agent
Administration
Expert
Employee
Champion
David Ulrich’s HR Model
HR Back Office
HR Front Office
Centers of Excellence
HR Centers of
Excellence
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6. Common
HR Career Path
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Common HR Career Path
HR Front OfficeHR Back Office
The most common beginning
for the career in Human
Resources.
The HR Back Office offers a
wide range of administrative
job positions.
The new hire gets a quick
orientation in HR processes
and how they are
administered.
The jobs in back office are a
solid basis and the employee
understands how HR
processes are linked and
connected.
The BO jobs gives a good
overview of the regulatory
and legislation framework.
HR Centers of
Excellence
HR CoEs design, develop and
manage HR Processes. They
design processes, which are
run by the HR Front Office
and data are maintained by
the HR Back Office.
HR CoEs offers jobs for
analysts, process specialists,
project specialists and
managers and managers.
HR CoE is a good place to
learn in-depth about HR
Processes and how to sell
them as the HR Business
Partner.
HR Front Office is the unit,
which interacts with internal
and external clients of Human
Resources.
It generally offers two jobs:
HR Client Specialist and the
HR Business Partner.
The Client Specialist manages
the daily agenda of internal
clients; the HR Business
Partner manages the strategic
agenda with the top managers
and drives the strategic
agenda of Human Resources.
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8. Skills and Competencies:
HR Business Partner
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HR Business Partner: Skills and Competencies
Key Skills:
• Business Acumen
• Client Relationship Management Skills
• Job Interviewing Skills
• Organizational Development Skills
• Assessment Skills
• Communication Skills
• Negotiation Skills
• Project Management Skills
• Change Management Skills
Key Competencies:
• Understanding the business financials, key gaps
in the productivity and connecting the financial
performance with employees and processes
• Strategic thinking about the business of the
internal client and ability to get a buy-in to make a
strategic shift
• Strategic planning of activities to meet goals
without putting the internal client into a danger
• Implementing WIN-WIN solutions and making
decision affecting the entire organization
• Finding simple and effective solutions for difficult
situations and avoiding them in the future
• Acting as the valuable and trustful partner for
employees
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10. How to become the
HR Business
Partner?
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How to become the HR Business Partner?
1) Study general business management, financial management and take
HR courses.
2) Develop your networking skills. Being present online is a huge
advantage for your career in Human Resources.
3) Do not be hungry. Take small steps and learn the basics. The HR
Business Partner has to understand the underlying flows in the
organization.
4) Apply for the HR Back Office job. Being the Administration expert is a
basis for the success in the future.
5) Move to HR CoE. Try to rotate through several CoEs. Being skilled in
Talent Acquisition and Compensation&Benefits will add value to your
internal clients. Manage projects. Start with smaller internal HR projects
and you can manage huge HR Programs for the entire organization.
6) Finally, apply for the HR Client Support position. Become skilled in the
client management and watch senior HR Business Partners how they
manage the relationship. Look how they manage strategic agenda.
7) Apply for the HR Business Partner job.
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