Business Partnering
Build the skills and mindset needed to work as a true business partner. This practical course helps you strengthen relationships, influence stakeholders, and align your expertise with organisational goals.
In this course, you will learn how to:
- Understand the role and value of effective business partnering
- Build trusted relationships across functions and senior levels
- Influence decisions without formal authority
- Handle robust and challenging conversations with confidence
- Think more strategically and act as a proactive change agent
Who is this course for?
Professionals who work cross-functionally and need to influence, advise, or partner with stakeholders. Particularly relevant for HR, Finance, IT, Procurement and other support or advisory roles.
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Course Outline
Course overview
Duration: 1 day (6.5 hours)
This is a highly interactive and practical course which will help you to understand the role of Business Partnering and the key skills needed to be successful in the role.
The course is designed specifically to give you an opportunity to explore the role and test a range of techniques to improve your strategic working as well as your influencing and relationship building skills.
This course is aimed at individuals who work cross-functionally and with other people to achieve business results and is particularly helpful for those who engage frequently with senior managers and executives.
Objectives
By the end of the course you will be able to:
- Describe the role of Business Partner and the benefit to the business
- Develop stronger engagement with all internal and external stakeholders
- Influence without authority
- Build positive relationships
- Handle robust conversations
- Be forward thinking, not reactive
- Act as a change agent
- Communicate with confidence and credibility
Content
Understanding the role of the Business Partner
- What is Business Partnering from an individual, departmental and business view
- Using a psychometric test to look at where your strengths are and how you can use them effectively in the role
Developing Relationships
- Creating a powerful first impression.
- Communication skills
- Understanding different communication styles
- Being more proactive in developing key relationships
- Stakeholder engagement
- Presenting ideas in a confident and articulate way
- Understanding and developing trust
- Connecting with people
- Networking
Influencing and Negotiating
- Influencing and persuading others
- Dealing with conflict and difficult conversations
- Becoming a trusted advisor/Business Partner
- Advanced questioning skills and techniques to get to the root of a problem
Strategic Thinking
- Develop the mind-set and strategic capability to play a more proactive leading role in the business
Why Choose Underscore for Business Partnering Training?
Underscore Group delivers practical, instructor-led leadership and personal development training that helps people communicate clearly, build confidence, and work more effectively with others. Based in Sussex and supporting organisations across the UK, we specialise in relatable, real-world learning that strengthens capability at every level — from early-career professionals to experienced managers.
Every session is tailored to your organisation’s culture, values and ways of working, ensuring the skills taught transfer directly into day-to-day behaviour. Our leadership and people-skills programmes are trusted by organisations across finance, aviation, healthcare, construction and professional services.
- Trusted by leading UK organisations
- Expert trainers with real business experience
- Small-group sessions (6–8 people)
- Practical, hands-on learning approach
- Virtual & onsite delivery across the UK
- Six months of post-course support
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