Transforming Your HR Team From Transactional to a Strategic Business Partner

This training will provide participants with critical steps Senior level HR professionals should take toward transitioning from a transactional approach to a Strategic Business Partner. Additionally, you’ll learn how to prevent your HR Department’s processes and initiatives from being misaligned with your company’s organizational goals.

Why you should Attend

HR is at a critical moment where strategy must be a key factor in meeting organizational goals. Now more than ever, HR must pivot and take a consistent analytical approach to achieve key performance indicators such as transforming company culture and creating a strong people strategy. Therefore, HR must be able to demonstrate its value of being a strategic partner to key officials in the organization.

Areas Covered in the Session

The key differences between the HR Management functions versus Human Resources as a Strategic Partner.
How to align HR with organizational goals.
How to strategically streamline and automate basic processes to prevent redundancy.
Using HR Metrics to drive results and impact your organization's bottom line.
How to analyze workforce demographics to improve the strategic planning process.
Avoid common transactional challenges that HR teams typically face.

Who Will Benefit

All Employers, Business Owners
Company Leadership
All Levels of HR
Managers/Supervisors
Employers in All industries
Small Business Owners

Speaker Profile

Racquel L. Harris is a Business Strategist and Human Resources Consultant at R. L. Harris & Associates, LLC. Racquel has 25 years of Executive level experience in Human Resources and earned two certifications in Human Resources (PHR, and SHRM-CP) and certification in Risk Management (CRMC).

She holds a bachelor’s degree in communications from Indiana University. Racquel has a full and comprehensive understanding of how important training is to an organization. She has a high aptitude for strategic planning and execution which she implemented while she was President of the Michiana Chapter of the Society for Human Resources Management. Under her leadership, the organization achieved the prestigious Chapter of the Year Award from the Indiana State Council of The Society for Human Resources Management. Racquel is an expert in Labor Relations, Federal and State employment laws, and strategically aligning human resources with organizational goals.

She has a demonstrated ability to use data and statistics to solve problems. Racquel is recognized in the community as a servant leader which has earned her numerous awards including the Martin Luther King Drum Major award presented by former Mayor Jeff Rea, The “40 under 40” recognition by the St. Joseph County Chamber of Commerce, The Seven Seals Award by the ESGR, and the Michiana Chapter Society for Human Resources Management 2010 Leader of the Year.