Business Partnering in Local Government Training Course
Take stakeholder support from the operational to the strategic
Become the go-to adviser for your internal clients. Business Partnering creates a strategic collaboration between support-function professionals and business leaders. Business partners develop long-term relationships and collaborate strategically and proactively with leaders.
This Council Business Partner training course builds the skills for professionals in council support functions such as HR, Finance, Legal and IT to create strong business relationships with organisational leaders, making them indispensable for managerial decision-making.
Learning outcomes
In this Council Business Partnering training course, participants learn how to:
- Create trusting and strategic relationships with business leaders and managers
- Use advanced communication strategies to influence decision-making
- Develop a plan for proactive support to client functions
- Communicate with the ability to overcome resistance to change
- Collaboratively problem-solve
- Prepare and facilitate business partnering meetings.
Target audience
This program is designed for groups of Support Function staff within local government, aiming to build business partnering skills. This Council Business Partnering course suits groups of employees from council support functions such as HR, IT, Procurement, Finance, Legal, Facilities Management, Corporate Planning, and Governance and Communications.
Please click here to find our general Business Partnering course.
Duration
1 day
This Business Partnering in Local Government training program can be tailored to any duration that suits you and can be combined with other topics.
Location
We come to you. We deliver this Business Partnering in Local Government course to groups at your council offices or virtually via Zoom or Teams.
Frequently Asked Questions
How is Business Partnering different in local government?
Business partnering in local government is different from that in the commercial sector, as the key aim of a council is to serve the community and provide essential services rather than generating profit. Business partners in local government operate under strict regulatory frameworks and public accountability and transparency standards. Key stakeholders can include people and organisations in the community, as well as politics at the local and state levels.
Councils also work strategically, sometimes decades into the future, putting specific demands on the Business Partner’s approach to analysing problems, opportunities and long-term solutions.
Who should attend a business partnering course?
This council business partnering course is designed for professionals working in support functions within local government, for example, HR, IT, Procurement, Finance, Legal, Facilities Management, Corporate Planning, Governance and Communications, who want to develop their capability to problem-solve, negotiate and influence strategically and build effective partnerships.
What are the key learning outcomes of a business partnering course?
This course will teach participants to identify strategic challenges related to their area of expertise and problem-solve them with their internal partners, such as department leaders and line managers.
How long is the business partnering course?
We can deliver an impactful Business Partnering course in a full-day workshop. A condensed program of half a day is possible by reducing the number of topics and time for skills practice.
We can enhance the course by including other topics, such as advanced influencing, facilitation, presentation, problem-solving, conflict management and negotiation skills. A program can last as long as 5 days and can be delivered over several weeks or months.
Contact us to discuss the optimal duration for your needs and budget. Complete the webform on this page or call us at 1300 655 098.
Is the Business Partnering course practical?
The program provides a practical learning experience through exercises, group discussions, and local government case studies.
How will this Council Business Partnering course benefit my career?
Attending this course will help professionals in local government become trusted advisers within the council, enhancing their confidence, relationship-building skills, and career potential.
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Live virtual workshop testimonials
Suzanne was fantastic, lovely, very entertaining and extremely knowledgeable. I found the program very beneficial. Will help me become more confident when presenting at workshops and addressing landholders, peers and industry bodies. Fantastic couple of days. Very constructive. Would highly recommend to others wishing to build on or improve their written and communication skills
The course was very informative and interesting. I have taken lots of new tips and skills that I will use moving forward. I learnt how to engage the group more and tips to improve my delivery.
Andrea worked well with the team. I needed a formula for preparing presentations and now I have one! The content we gained was invaluable, especially the websites and the authors to look up later.
Mark has a great presentation style. Very engaging and great use of stories and games to keep you engaged. The workshop did deliver great skills and points that I will use for my next presentation.
Justine is clearly passionate about Presenting – this combined with her knowledge made the course infectious.
Great program and facilitator. David was entertaining, engaging and challenging – learned a huge amount from David over the last two days.
Matt was engaging and created a safe space for learning. Great day. Good to do as a team to work together and increase confidence. The content of the day was excellent and a good opportunity for reflection and practice. Matt was a great presenter and engaged the audience.
Very engaging and made the content very easy to follow and presenting comfortable.
Outstandingly good training session, definitely worth the time investment. I not only benefited for my own application of presentation methods, I also think it was a great organisation capacity building experience demonstrating values of 'One Mitchell' and 'Continuous Improvement'.
Knowledgeable and personable, Sarah's a very confident presenter so I felt in very capable hands.
Simon was great in motivating us to be more confident when we speak. He was full of great little tips to stop the bad habits some of us had while presenting. There were so many great little presenting tips that I feel will help me out in the future and be more confident while presenting.
Amazing presenter! I think every person in the class learnt a lot and were significantly more confident at public speaking by the end of the session. Tricks Simon taught us were definitely useful while presenting the case study.
This was the most practical training I have received. This session has taught me things I will take away and utilise for a long time. Mark was extremely engaging.
Thanks. I really appreciated the training and happy to see the team interacting during the breakout sessions. Sarah’s content and delivery is well planned considering also the total training time of 3.5hrs.
I really enjoyed this workshop and liked the element of everyone presenting on a topic of their choice. Hugely worthwhile and would recommend to others.
Simon was an engaging facilitator and would evolve the topics and questions as we asked. He was personable to each of us and help us all along on our individual journeys no matter how anxious or professional we appeared. Really enjoyed the session!
David really helped me achieve more direction and motivation about my role. The program added value to my role as a trainer and challenged existing perspectives on training. I found everything useful particularly engagement over content.
Mark is an excellent facilitator and his courses are always practical and enjoyable. It was great to practice, receive feedback and learn effective ways to structure and deliver a presentation. Mark was engaging, kept it moving and creates a safe learning environment.
Thank you Gary I learnt a lot.
Really enjoyed how interactive the day was. It was very engaging and made me think more about the way I communicate. Mark was really engaging and fun. He looked to use for answers; wasn’t a lecture. Really showed how ice breakers work.
The course really took it to another level and has 100% addressed what I wanted to get out of this course. The facilitator was excellent and really worked to build a friendly, encouraging and constructive environment.
I have had presentation training a few times, and this is by far the best training I’ve ever had! I have learnt so many tips and tricks from this training that I’ve never heard of before, and Simon was engaging and was motivated to help us achieve our goals.
It was a fantastic session, walked away with so much knowledge about presenting. I enjoyed how comfortable Mark made us feel, it was a safe space to learn, small group was a great idea, and everything Mark said from start, even the way he introduced himself was all part of the learning which was fantastic.
Exactly what we were after. Thank you so much Sarah and team!
The course and facilitator were great, would recommend to everyone within BMW. I have gained confidence in knowing what to do, makes a difference.
The Presenting with Impact Course far exceeded my expectations and I now feel more confident when presenting and have developed many helpful tools to create a punchy presentation.
Simon really listened and paid attention to each of our individual strengths and areas we needed to work on and gave us all helpful constructive feedback. I look forward to implementing new ways to connect with my partners. Interactive - works well in an online format split into 2 sessions. Thank you so much for your mentorship over the last 2 sessions - found the content super helpful and the tools that we can further develop to our presenting skills.
Justine is great, she is positive & engaging and she has provided us with valuable tips and taught us a lot about presenting with impact. I would recommend this course to my colleagues, this is a great course. Thanks very much, for fantastic course, Justine.
Lynne delivered an excellent 2 day session. It was informative and very worthwhile. Her technique and knowledge are outstanding. The session was very enjoyable and I would recommend this to anyone. Thanks.
Paddy is a great facilitator with a fantastic learning style. I have completed the course with newly developed skills. Paddy is fun, entertaining, approachable, knowledgeable and always professional. I learnt a lot from him over the two days. This course was a great intro into developing the skills to Present with Confidence. Paddy was a fantastic facilitator. Would highly recommend! I appreciated that we were asked what we wanted out of the course prior to commencing (survey). I felt like everything I mentioned in survey was addressed.
After course I feel more confident and able to put together an engaging presentation. Paddy is an excellent, engaging, professional teacher – informative, fun, able to comprehensively answer any questions posed.
Paddy was very knowledgeable, experienced and practical. Very engaging, helpful, experienced, practical, funny and informative. Paddy was creative and used different training techniques (eg.whiteboard, butchers paper, TED video example, role playing). He was fantastic and I would recommend this course.
Quite an informative session. Joanne was excellent. I enjoyed the session immensely.
Paddy is a great guy. Knowledgeable and professional. The course has me feeling a lot more confident about my upcoming presentation.
Lynne’s workshops are always fantastic – was so pleased to see her at the front of the room when I walked in! Walked out of the session feeling like I had learnt a lot and had fun doing it. Lynne is so friendly, positive and engaging. Lynne really wants us to learn and succeed.
This is not your average communication training session. If you want some real skills that will help you personally and professionally this is it! Suzanne was brilliant. Highly engaging and brought light to some very interesting thoughts and methods. I thought I had some skills in this are but I’ve been turned on my head. Mindblowing information and learnings. I would have liked another day (I would never normally say this).
Ian was very engaging.
Excellent, very engaging and well presented. One of the better training days I've had! Excellent.
Not only was it a fun 2 days, but I learnt some powerful tools that I will certainly use in the future to enable me to me a more "focussed & fun" trainer. I would also highly recommend this course to anyone planning to "tread the carpet" in front of audiences, or to further their "quiver of tools" moving forward. Thanks to Lynne - the two days were one of the best "work days" that I have had, thank you.
I have already filled out the feedback you sent us but I wanted to provide a little more in terms of the impact it has had. The week after the workshop I gave a couple of presentations at the Grad induction. So much of what Simon went through with us was relevant. In particular the way to craft a presentation quickly (the stem plan), his advice on slides and the discussion around impact statements and presence. I tried out all of the above and am pleased to say it worked incredibly well! I’m conscious that positive feedback is not always highlighted and so I wanted to see if you could pass this on to Simon. He definitely had an impact on all of us and we have discussed things we’ve learned since the workshop several times with everyone agreeing it was one of the most impactful and useful workshops we’ve done at Specsavers.
Matt was a very engaging presenter who imparted a huge amount of practical information & tips to take away and implement immediately in our presentations.
I’ve done several presentation courses but this one was the best! Very knowledgeable and effective trainer, great takeaway practical take away points.
I got so much out of today. I was extremely nervous coming in on the first day. Justine was so welcoming personable and knowledgeable. I really did push myself out of my comfort zone and got a lot in return. Would recommend to everyone.
Hands on confidence builder before a presentation at a conference. Lynne was clear, with excellent timing and top tips. Lynne brought the learning to life. Thank you!
Andrea was very engaging and approachable. Her workbook was excellent and she helped me to remind me of the importance to plan and keep the presentation concise and exciting.
Exceptionally engaging and challenging course that encourages all to have a go and improve. Simon is a full professional with obvious experience. Very engaging.
Thank you, Mark! Great day and very useful. Heaps of relevant and useful tips and formulas. Mark is a great facilitator – interactive, engaging and knowledgeable.
Definitely feel more confident and I’m able to add content to my presentation. Graham adapts to all learning styles quite well.
My knowledge was sound but practical experience/techniques needed. Paddy presented, created rapport and made the whole thing much more ‘connectable’. I found the course very beneficial. This is one of the best PDs I have attended.
Mark was able to handle a large group (10) and keep all engaged and participating. He really showed the value of planning and storytelling for business audiences.
Ian's ability to bring our diverse group of people along with mindful consideration of our individual aims for our experience of the day was exceptional. He is an outstanding facilitator.
Graham knows what he’s on about. Gave me confidence in speaking.
Matthew was a fantastic presenter, it was a great workshop. The training was most enjoyable. It was delivered in a professional but relaxed manner.
Extremely valuable.
The course was really good. Mark was well experienced and happy to provide as much information as he could. I was happy with the content of the course.
Simon created an engaging, safe, constructive and enjoyable learning environment. Great course - well run and a strong mix of theory and practice.
Very informative session that will definitely support me in giving more engaging presentations. Mark has lots of knowledge, tips and energy.
Fantastic program - very rarely do we host training that participants want to extend or wish lasted longer, but that's the response this writing, presenting and communicating with influence course received.
Dana is a very engaging presenter. Lots of great tips and role modelling of good presentation skills.
Simon is so inspiring. Very engaging and memorable workshop from beginning to end. I’m certainly going away with a lot more confidence and the tools I need to improve.
Great workshop; well-paced with clear and concise information. Lynne’s engaging personality meant that the workshop was lively and interactive. The workshop provides practical skills that will improve my presentation skills and confidence.
The program was extremely well tailored to my needs and David explained it in a way which was easy to comprehend. I am feeling a lot more confident in my ability.
Ian was very engaging and was an enjoyable facilitator. I was surprised and impressed by tips I got out of the workshop.
Brenda was fantastic and really helped me simplify my presentation to get the message across.
Georgia presented in a natural and engaging way, she was fantastic and imparted valuable knowledge on the team.
This session was highly informative and made a big difference when giving our final presentation. Simon was both a great teacher and an excellent example of what great presenting should be.
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