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Advanced Competencies

Apply Business and Financial Acumen
Steer Organisation Culture and Change
Deliver Strategic Insights and Foresights
Drive HR Value Creation
Engage and Manage Stakeholders
Apply Business and Financial Acumen
Apply Business and Financial Acumen
Apply knowledge of key business drivers and internal and external data points to inform decision-making and formulate strategic recommendations, focusing on value creation and the enablement of business strategy.
Use Cases
IHRP Master Professional
Organisational Leader
  • Formulate the organisation’s business models, business strategy and enterprise risk management strategy with other members of the senior business management team, focusing on how to drive innovation, agility and creativity across the business and people agenda.
  • Lead credible and persuasive presentations with other members of the senior business management team, demonstrating how HR creates value, drives productivity and enables the implementation of business strategy.
  • Display professional maturity and executive presence in navigating contentious or sensitive topics during discussions with other members of the senior business management team and wider stakeholders.
  • Collaborate with other members of the senior business management team to spearhead the design of an organisation structure, workforce composition and workplace environment, which aligns with the organisation vision and enables business strategy by creating an employee experience which makes work safe, purposeful and productive.
  • Identify and assess the current, critical and future-focused core capabilities required to deliver against business strategy in a competitive operating environment and continuously evolving external environment.
  • Evaluate business and financial performance metrics to draw linkages to HR policies and programmes, pinpointing current and future challenges and recommending value-creating solutions to enable business strategy and enhance workforce performance and the employee experience.
  • Scan the local, regional and international landscape to evaluate the implications of the external environment (political, regulatory, economic, social, technological, legal) and recommend ways for the organisation to pre-empt and respond to challenges in an agile manner.
  • Synthesise industry trends and strategic insights across a range of internal business changes and imperatives (e.g. navigating changing workforce compositions, optimising flexible working arrangements, operating effectively in a changing global environment, managing digital and technology impact, and transforming HR) to provide alternative perspectives which challenge the organisation to reinvent current practices and policies to transform for the future.
  • Translate how the short and long term people-related impacts of business decisions will affect the employee experience and productivity, enabling the senior business management team to take a holistic view as they navigate complex decisions around cost optimisation and risk mitigation.
Human Resource Leader
  • Cultivate a culture of evidence-based and principle-based decision making across the HR function, empowering HR to leverage data to communicate and demonstrate the impact of HR initiatives.
  • Articulate the impact of HR strategy and initiatives on business and financial performance and employee experience, enabling the function to understand the value they create.
People Leader
  • Conceptualise and articulate the organisation’s rewards philosophy and employee value proposition, to guide the development of policies and processes which will attract, motivate and retain employees whilst delivering value for the business.
  • Lead the talent agenda by overseeing the development and strengthening of the talent bench strength and leadership pipeline, simultaneously creating development opportunities for employees, meeting succession needs and ensuring business continuity.