HR Business Partner program for a media house

We worked with over 20 experienced members of the HR team belonging to a reputed media business to enhance their business partnering capabilities. The intent was to to enhance their credibility and competence.

Designed as a virtual program during the pandemic, this 4 month long intervention helped the team members learn and apply their learnings and experience success on the job.

Totus has run three programs for the one India’s largest conglomerates to develop HR partnering capabilities among over 50 HR professionals in their factory locations.

These four – six months programs involved diagnosis, assessment, learning events and support in application.

Participants had the opportunity to pick up and implement action learning projects in their workplace. The biggest takeaway was that HR got much closer to the business and the employees.

HR capability building for the HR team of the global shared services of an International Banking giant.

The HR function of this shared services organisation had launched efforts to move its business facing team members from a relationship management role to a partnering role.

Our intervention was meant to give impetus to these efforts.

In a unique design, we worked with the entire team of partners across multiple levels including the CHRO in a developmental intervention.

The program helped integrate the team and address issues considered critical by all team members.

Participants learnt to define internal consulting problems well, use analytical and qualitative data to validate their hypothesis and some up with solutions.

They also learnt the skills of strategic HR planning.

The biggest benefit is that the nature of conversations between HR and line managers has changed significantly.

Working with young HR Professional of a technology company

A seven-month engagement with a team of 30 young HR professionals at this technology company in Bangalore.

Goal was to build functional competence and select skills to improve effectiveness.

Focus was on

• Operational Excellence – depth
• Credible Activist – depth
• Organisation Design & Development – overview
• Compensation & Benefits – overview

We also focused on self-awareness,  skills of persuasion

Participants worked on around 7 / 8 small but mission critical real-life problems that added value to the business and the function through totus mentoring support.

Working with young HR professionals at an auto ancillary major

This was a nine month engagement with a team of 40 HR professionals at this reputed auto-ancillary major.

Goal was to build functional competence and select skills to improve effectiveness.

Focus was on

• Learning & Development
• Compensation & Benefits
• Employee Relations
• Service excellence for employee engagement
• Staffing
• Problem solving skills

We also focused on self-awareness,  skills of persuasion

Participants worked on 4 mission critical real life problems that added value to the business and the function through totus mentoring support.