Skip to content
HR Management & Strategy Advanced

Strategic HR Business Partner Programme

Move from processing HR requests to influencing business decisions before they are made.

32 hours 2 Modules 7 Lessons Arabic and English 0 Students
Karim El-Sayed

Instructor

Karim El-Sayed

Lead Trainer — SHRM Programmes

Strategic HR Business Partner Programme

USD 470

USD 580

Save 19%
  • On-demand video lessons
  • Downloadable PDF resources
  • Module quizzes with explanations
  • Access to the certification question bank
  • Verified completion certificate
  • Lifetime access to course updates

Course Overview

The business partner title is widely used and rarely delivered. Most practitioners holding it remain, in practice, senior administrators who are consulted after a decision has been taken rather than while it is being formed.

This programme addresses the specific capabilities that change that position: commercial literacy sufficient to discuss margin and cost per unit credibly, diagnostic skill to identify the people constraint behind a business problem, consulting technique to contract with a line leader rather than simply receive instructions, and influence method to shift a decision you have no authority over.

The programme is structured around a live assignment. You select a real business challenge in your own organisation, diagnose it, build an evidence-based case, and construct the influence plan required to move it forward. Trainer feedback is provided on your submitted work.

What You Will Learn

Read financial statements and discuss commercial performance credibly with line leadership

Diagnose the people constraint underlying a stated business problem

Contract with an internal client rather than accepting a pre-formed solution request

Build an evidence-based case for a people intervention with a costed recommendation

Design an influence plan that accounts for stakeholder position and sequencing

Hold a difficult conversation with a senior leader without damaging the relationship

Curriculum

2 Modules · 7 Lessons · 32 hours

Requirements

  • At least two years of HR experience in a generalist, specialist or advisory role
  • Current access to a business area and a real challenge you can use for the live assignment
  • Willingness to submit written work for trainer feedback

About the Trainer

Karim El-Sayed

Karim El-Sayed

Lead Trainer — SHRM Programmes

HR transformation leader with extensive experience building business partner capability in regional and multinational organisations.

What Students Say

“We had a pay structure that nobody could explain and compression across three grades. The compensation workshop gave me the evaluation method and the modelling approach to rebuild it properly, and the remediation costing was what finally persuaded our finance director.”
Hisham Farouk

Hisham Farouk

Compensation and Benefits Manager · Logistics and Distribution Group

“We enrolled eleven people from two countries on the business partner programme. The value was in the live assignment: every participant brought a real problem from their own unit, and several of those recommendations were implemented before the programme even finished.”
Yousef Haddad

Yousef Haddad

HR Director · Retail Group

Frequently Asked Questions

Keep Exploring

Related Courses

WhatsApp Courses Enroll