How to Develop as a Professional in Human Relations

4DEP of CIPD

The HR Professional Map consists of 2 core professional areas (Leading HR and Insights, Strategy and Solutions) and 8 other profession areas: Organization Design, Organization Development, Resourcing and Talent Planning, Learning and Development, Performance and Reward, Employee Engagement, Employee Relations, and Service Delivery and Information.

The 8 behaviors of the HR Professional Map include: Curious, Decisive Thinker, Skilled Influencer, Personally Credible, Collaborative, Driven to Deliver, Courage to Challenge, and Role Model.

The 4 Bands consist of Band 1, which is viewed as the start of a career and its professional focus is on learning and development as well as on performance and reward. This band delivers support to co-workers via administrative processes and works to give effective management of information. It is a Band that is geared towards helping customers (HR Professional Map: Band One, 2015).

Band 2 gives advice to and even serves to manage the HR issues that relate to a particular individual/team. It has understanding of evaluator process and gives solutions for availability.

Band 3 does the leading of the professional area as a consultant partner to give direction to HR problems. This Band is at the organizational level and works on medium-long-term situations.

Band 4 is a there to lead the overall area and to manage the business. This Band holds the responsibility for making and providing the organization/HR strategy.

The behaviors that are important in each Band and professional stage also have meaning and significance. At the bottom in stage one is the collaborative behavior, and this is a positive behavior that is associated with working well with other people inside an organization. The driven to deliver behavior is one in which determination is demonstrated and the individual shows that he or she is resourceful and purposeful in his or her actions. This behavior ensures that top results are given at all times. The personally credible behavior is good for professionalism and is built on experience and HR knowledge. This is a behavior that people like to see because it shows that one knows the job and understands what to do at most levels.

The skilled influencer behavior is a behavior that helps to move one up the bands. This is when the individual shows an ability to influence and impact others so as to achieve the loyalty and support that various stakeholders can provide as the organization works to achieve optimum value.

The courage to challenge behavior is one in which the individual is not afraid to voice his or her opinions in a way that does not affirm the status quo. This behavior can often be helpful because it provides alternative feedback or ideas that others might not ever think of that can be beneficial to a team.

The Role Model behavior is that which allows one to lead through example; such a person usually shows virtue, skills, integrity, independence. And the Decisive thinker behavior is shown by one who is good at analyzing and making decisions quickly. The curious behavior is shown by people who seek to grow the organization. These last three behaviors are shown by top level leaders of an organization.