Hr As A Business Partner Series

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HR As A Business Partner Series A Series Of Three Courses Designed To Enhance Business Strategy By Empowering HR Executives A Career Progression Series That You Cannot Afford To Miss: Module I:

HR As A Business Partner March 8 – 12, 2009 Movenpick Hotel, Dubai, UAE Module II (Optional):

Overseas Benchmarking Module Geneva, Switzerland June 21 – 25, 2009 Module III (Optional):

The Review Module Dubai, UAE November 8 – 12, 2009 Enabling you to work alongside senior management peers to provide the vital link between the business and the strategies of your organisation, providing support and developing new initiatives to ensure financial success. Do you want to: • Lead change within your organisation? • Have a holistic view of the business and understand the complexity of the organisation? • Be able to play different roles and choose the most appropriate one according to the needs and the situation of the client (the Expert, the Advisor, the Coach or the Broker)? • Operate with a long-term view while resolving contingent issues? • Develop a wide internal/external network? • Create cooperation while generating empowerment? • Succeed on behalf of the internal client? • Maintain a business focus and perspective at all times? • Make a positive impact on your organisation’s bottom line? Organised By

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8 – 12 March 2009 • Mövenpick Hotel, Dubai, UAE Tel: 971-4-3352437 Fax: 971-4-3352438 Email: [email protected] Web: www.iirme.com/hrbusiness

HR As A Business Partner Series Dear HR Professional, In an ever evolving, increasingly competitive world industries are becoming highly adept at addressing the notion of change and arguably, the HR function is the biggest chameleon of them all. Things have progressed exponentially since the days where labour relations and wage determination were the bread and butter of an HR executive. The role has systematically gained prominence and responsibility. Today, HR has become central to business competitiveness.

“HR professionals must be more than partners; they must be players…in the game, not at the game” - Professor Dave Ulrich Innovative, world class HR has become a commercial necessity and as a leading professional in the field, you are perfectly placed to make the transition from driving seat, to driving the business forward. Not only will you be able to better align your HR department with the corporate strategy; you will also develop an ability to change and add value to the corporate strategy itself. This year, we have developed this innovative three-module series, HR As A Business Partner, to provide you with full-spectrum career development. We recommend that you attend all three modules to derive the greatest value from this series. So what exactly will you gain from participating? • Understand the HR business partnership model and identify what you need to change in order to transform yourself into a business partner • Learn how other HR Managers in global organisations have successfully achieved this transformation • Discover how your internal customers perceive you as a business partner • Become the trusted advisor to your internal clients • Be more influential, use and interpret business data effectively and develop a value proposition that is attractive to your internal clients • And much more…

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Your course leader, Mario Castagnetta, and I look forward to seeing you in March, June and November!

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P.S. These three courses bring the internationally successful concept of ‘HR As A Business Partner’ to you! Keith Parker Conference Manager

P.P.S. Register for all three courses before 18 January 2009 and save up to US$ 2,300!

The HR as a Business Partner Series is composed of three modules: All three modules are optional and can be purchased separately. However, in order to attend Modules II and/or III, you MUST have attended Module I.

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HR As A Business Partner The transformation of HR from a support function to a business partner has been identified by major global businesses as the main objective for HR Managers and professionals to consider as the next phase of the development of their role. In fact, it has become the new expectation from senior executives and internal clients. To create a business partnership implies that HR Managers will learn to work together with those who are responsible for the business. The person with whom the business manager can discuss the issues of the organisation and plan the best possible future. The HR Professional has to become the innovator, able to balance the business objectives of his/her internal client with the human power they are responsible for. To make this happen, the HR Professional has to suggest methods and solutions that aim for the optimisation of the human capital managed by their business manager. But what is new? Where is the real challenge? Being proactive and capable of anticipating the requests of what the business managers, as strategic partners, would do is what really makes the difference between a traditional HR manager/professional and the HR Business Partner. Presenting information and statistics effectively and being able to influence the key decision makers represents the core asset for those who want to transform the perception of their role and want to have a different position and impact. The HR Business Partner assists the management in the execution of their business strategies with the consequent total satisfaction of both clients and employees. The time of dealing with work permits and with hiring/firing issues is over! Mario Castagnetta Founder and Director Synchronicity S.A., Italy

Meet Your Expert Course Leader Mario Castagnetta is the Founder and Director of Synchronicity SA, an international human resources consulting company based in Geneva, Switzerland, providing medium-to-large international organisations with products and services in the domain of personal development and potential, management development, talent engagement and retention, knowledge sharing, coaching and career counselling. Synchronicity supplies its services to well known medium-to-large international organisations such as Agilent Technologies, Bulgari, Cap Gemini, Ernst&Young Consultants, Cisco, Ferrero, Firmenich, Hewlett-Packard Europe, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Hitachi, Nespresso, Nestlé, Nextrom, Novartis, Philip Morris, SGS, ST Microelectronics, T-Systems and Zurich Insurance. Before establishing Synchronicity, Mario was a Training & Development Manager at Hewlett Packard in Italy (1988-1995) and in Switzerland (1995-97). Since the founding of Synchronicity, he has been invited regularly by IMD Management Development Institute (Lausanne) to participate as a Coach in both public (Mobilising People) and private (RWE, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Bertelsmann, Borealis, Adecco, Shanska) programmes. Mario is also an Executive Coach. In the last 10 years he has coached senior directors and executives in a number of well-known companies (Al Hokair, Bulgari, Nextrom, Novartis, TetraLaval, Hewlett Packard, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst&Young Consultants and T-Systems). Mario graduated summa cum laude with a degree in Clinical Psychology from the University La Sapienza, Rome in 1985.

Dr. Paul Vanderbroeck will be joining you during Module II in Geneva, Switzerland. Dr. Paul Vanderbroeck is an executive coach and organisational consultant for multinational organisations. He is a Visiting Leadership Coach at IMD International in Lausanne and a Global Leadership Fellows coach at the World Economic Forum. He is a member of the HR Group of the HEC University of Geneva. Previously Paul worked as a HR executive in in Royal/Dutch Shell, General Motors and George Fisher. He is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. He recently wrote the chapter on the Chief Human Resources Officer in “Leading in the Top Team” (Cambridge 2008). Originally from the Netherlands, he has worked and lived in the US, France, Germany and Switzerland.

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Who Should Attend? ‘HR As A Business Partner’ is designed for both small and large organisations alike. This course benefits human resources and organisational development executives who have a strategic focus, with the objective to make the transition from HR executive to strategic business leader.

Module I: HR As A Business Partner Course Timings Registration will be at 08:00 on the first day. All five days will commence at 08:30 and conclude at 14:30 with lunch. There will be two networking and refreshment breaks at appropriate times each day.

Programme Overview Pre-Work • •

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All delegates will be requested to invite 3-5 internal customers to participate in an online survey to discover their current perception of you as a Business Partner. The survey is essential for participation in the programme. All data will be treated with the utmost level of confidentiality All delegates are expected to interview their own CEO/ MD or a representative of the top management according to a script that will be provided to them

Day One – Sunday, 8 March 2009

Day Four – Wednesday, 11 March 2009

Transforming The Role

Review The Position Of Your Own Function/ Role

The key challenges and the main transformations of the HR role What do business leaders expect from HR? The profile of the Business Partner How role models see their role and impact as Business Partners (best practice and interviews) The competency model to become a Business Partner You as a Business Partner (feedback report)

Dimensions of an HR strategy that contributes to the business success What does your top management expect from you? (key messages from your interviews) Developing your strategic agenda: How to do it Networking: A critical skill to the success of the Business Partner

Day Two – Monday, 9 March 2009

Day Five – Thursday, 12 March 2009

Making The Difference

Getting Ready To Face The Real Challenge

Becoming the trusted advisor of your internal clients Skills and dialogue to become a trusted advisor Your case: how to become the trusted advisor of your internal clients (small group activity based on a real case) What is your value proposition to your clients? (self-case)

Day Three – Tuesday, 10 March 2009 Sitting In The Oval Room • • • •

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Managing your own credibility Understanding business data and its implication Consulting skills: How to identify your clients’ needs and respond effectively to them (analysis of business case and skill practice) Influencing skills: How to increase your personal power and impact - skill practice

• Analyse a final case in order to be prepared to face your reality once back in your organisation • Definition of your own Personal Improvement Plan

At the end of Module I, you will choose the project you will be working on in-between modules. During Module II in Geneva you will have the unique opportunity to benchmark your HR practices with several multinational companies and international organisations. The organisations are leading edge with regard to HR practices. They very rarely allow people to look at their internal practices. At the end of the module the learnings from these visits will be used to update and revise the individual projects. Between Modules II and III, you will finalise your projects and present the results at the start of Module III.

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Module II (Optional): Overseas Benchmarking Module Geneva, Switzerland June 21 – 25, 2009 Your Stay In Geneva Apart from being an international centre of economic and political activity, Geneva is also a favoured tourist destination. You will be hosted in one of Geneva’s high-class hotels with an infrastructure that will facilitate your learning. A guided tour of the city will complete the module, in order to recognise how the physical environment can contribute to the success of an organisation.

Company Visits

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Many leading organisations covering a wide range of activities have chosen Geneva as the centre for their international and European operations. Here are some examples: • Private Banking: Pictet, HSBC • IT: HP, ST Microelectronics • Pharma and Chemicals: Merck, DuPont • Commodity trading: Cargill, Lukoil • Fragrances and Flavours: Givaudan, Firmenich • Tobacco: Japan Tobacco • Media: Reuters • Manufacturing: Caterpillar • Luxury Goods and Watches: Richemont, Rolex • Airline Industry: IATA • Economic Policy: World Trade Organisation, World Economic Forum • Healthcare: World Health Organisation, Bill Gates’ Global Fund • Humanitarian Aid: Red Cross and Red Crescent, UN Organisation for Refugees • Environment: World Wide Fund for Nature • Sports: UEFA, International Olympic Committee You will be visiting three of these organisations in order to learn from their state-of-the-art HR practices.

Day One: Sunday, 21 June 2009 • •

Each participant will do a presentation to update their fellow participants and the faculty on the progress of their individual project. Afterwards they will receive counselling and feedback Prepare company visits to companies and organisations: background information and preparation of questions

Day Two-Four: Monday - Wednesday, 22 – 24 June 2009 • Benchmark visits to multinational organisations • Review of benchmark results and learnings

Day Five: Thursday, 25 June 2009 • • •

Update and revision of individual projects by using the results of the benchmark visits Action planning for project work in your own company Guided tour of Geneva

During the visit you will have the opportunity to get feedback and advice from a Synchronicity coach on your HR As A Business Partner Project.

Module III (Optional): The Review Module Dubai, UAE November 8 – 12, 2009

The Final Step In Becoming A Business Partner Essential elements of this module are: • How to become the coach to your internal clients • Tips to bring your HR As A Business Partner project alive • Graduation ceremony

Coaching During the entire programme, you will receive assistance from a Personal Coach

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