L&D and HR professionals, HR business partners, program and project leads, internal consultants in the public service, independent consultants, and anyone growing into a more strategic role. It suits people who already work with stakeholders and want to partner with the business more effectively.

How to work as a strategic L&D partner, build relationships and trust, influence through discovery and questioning, communicate with impact using data, create shared ownership of outcomes, and turn it all into an action plan for your role.

You practise practical influencing skills: asking discovery questions that uncover what the business really needs, framing evidence-based messages leaders respond to, and building the trust that makes people want to work with you. A realistic case study lets you apply each skill with peers.

It is a one-day course, 9:00am to 4:30pm, run face to face in CBD locations across Australia or live online via Zoom. In-house delivery brings the course to your team, online or at a location of your choice.

It builds intermediate capability in Promotion and Advocacy and Organisational Capability Building, and intermediate to advanced capability in Business Partnering and Stakeholder Engagement. See the AITD Capability Framework for the full set of L&D capabilities.

Yes. AITD delivers Strategic Partnering and Influencing exclusively for your team, online or at a location of your choice, and tailors the case study to your context. Find out more about in-house delivery.