Women in human resources in the C-suite are leading the transition as companies change the ways they manage their workforces as a result of the digital wave. Some of the women leading the shift are well-known, while others work behind the scenes to have a significant impact on people and advance organizations.

One of them is Susannah Robinson, Founder and President at Partnership for Talent LLC, a dynamic HR executive who possesses solid foundational experience in all areas of HR, giving her the ability to complete the full cycle from vision and strategy through development and implementation. An MBA graduate from Marietta College and Northeastern University, Susannah has extensive experience spanning 32+ years in different industry verticals. She has strong foundational experience in all facets of HR, yielding full-cycle capability from vision and strategy to development and execution. Due to her experience working with investors and boards of directors, she has a distinctive grasp of the influence of human resources on business and financial performance. Susannah is an outstanding connection builder with an approachable manner and the capacity to impact complex organizations. She is passionate about people management, organizational design, and employee development.

On being asked about her inspiration to begin her career in human resources, Susannah apprised, “I never meant to be an HR professional.  In actuality, I studied to be a chemist. Early on, I discovered how much I liked making sure workers got the resources they needed to succeed in their jobs. My initial concentration was on educating workers about safety at chemical plants, but when given the opportunity to pursue a career in human resources I took it (with a few detours along the way to develop my communication, investor relations, and board engagement skills). I have been able to contribute as a solid business leader with functional knowledge in human resources thanks to my experiences outside of HR.”

Partnership for Talent: A Specialized Firm for Top-Notch Organizational Solutions

Partnership for Talent LLC is an independently owned and operated consulting firm that specializes in offering small and medium-sized businesses high-impact strategic HR services. The team’s significant and in-depth experience enables them to provide businesses that might not typically have it with executive-level HR help. Small and medium-sized enterprises often need this kind of support for fewer hours annually than really large companies or on a more infrequent basis. Small to medium-sized businesses frequently outsource a lot of their HR-related work or employ a lone employee who is excellent at handling the day-to-day but might use more strategic HR support. The partnership in this case might help with the entire life cycle of how HR strategy intersects with business strategy, including organizational structure, succession planning, important leadership development and training initiatives, support for managers in conversations with staff members, and employee processes to promote business and organizational outcomes.

When a great HR partner supports the management team, organizations and employees gain, and business results increase. While large corporations have CHRO’s to help them, small to medium-sized businesses, which employ the bulk of the workforce in the nation, sometimes lack this critical support because they don’t require it on a daily basis and can’t afford the high cost. Partnership for Talent believes they can do something to alter this.

Edge over the Peers

The first key distinctive feature of the firm is that it focuses exclusively on small and medium-sized organizations. The majority of HR consulting companies carry out tasks or projects for businesses of various sizes. The needs of small and medium-sized firms, the degree to which it is crucial for them to dig in, and the amount of time the management teams haveto devote to people-related activities differ from those of larger organizations, according to Susannah and her colleagues. They concentrate on being extremely impactful in order to get disproportionate returns with relatively little  time spent by the management team.

The Primary Industry Hurdles

How to boost employee engagement in the face of shifting business practices is currently the main concern in the human resources field. In order to engage their workforces as they dedicate their time and passions to driving the results of the business, executives must operate differently than they have in the past to boost diversity and offer new, more flexible, and remote working methods. They are addressing this by assisting the clients in implementing systems, procedures, tools, and support for leadership development. This includes guaranteeing open lines of feedback and promoting the concept that businesses can be both kind and successful.

From the Founder’s Desk

Right now, the most important thing we are working on is helping clients develop their leadership muscles. Just like any muscle, it only grows when you work it consistently. We are making this happen by supporting clients in two key areas: One is developing the ability to engage in open dialog and feedback, even when those conversations are uncomfortable. This includes developing systems and tools to support the conversations and coaching managers to improve their ability and willingness to have these conversations. The other is by developing and delivering a new manager training and coaching program that our clients can administer to cohorts of leaders within their organization to learn best practice basics and get 1:1 coaching support to accelerate the development of their leadership muscles.

Business Roadmap Moving Ahead:

At Partnership for Talent, they believe that every organization deserves a great HR partner. Their mission is to provide exceptional strategic HR and coaching partnerships to small and medium-sized businesses that help drive their business results.

The company wants to grow even faster over the following five years in order to assist more small and medium-sized businesses with strategic HR and support the

expansion of their businesses. Susannah is eager to increase her influence in professional coaching and teaching on a personal level.