Level 3 Strategic Leader • Course 7/7 • ~150 min
L&D Business Partnering, Governance and Vendor Management
Consulting and influence skills, setting up governance, budgets, and managing training vendors.
Course 7/7 of the Level 3 — Strategic Talent Development Leader program. Complete all 7 courses to earn the overall certificate.
View the Level 3 program →What you'll get: The two sides of a mature Talent Leader: OUTWARD — climb from order-taker to trusted advisor through contracting and influence, handling the 4 classic objections; and INWARD — set up governance (who decides what, at what cadence, to what standard), build and defend a priority-based budget, and score and manage vendors into true partners with knowledge transfer.
Who is this course for?
- L&D / Talent Managers working directly with business division heads
- Senior HRBPs wanting to rise from service to strategic advisory
- Heads of Talent accountable for governance, budget and vendors
After this course, you will
- Climb the relationship levels from order-taker to trusted advisor through contracting
- Map stakeholders and handle the classic objections
- Design governance: decision rights, operating cadence, quality standards
- Build and defend a priority-based budget; manage vendors with knowledge transfer
Course content (6 modules)
Module 1
From order-taker to trusted advisor
The four levels of relationship with the business and how to shift from taking orders to being a trusted advisor.
25 min
Module 2
Influence without authority
Stakeholder mapping, influence tactics, and handling objections from leaders.
25 min
Module 3
Talent governance: the system's rules of play
Councils, decision rights, quality standards and the operating cadence of the TD function.
25 min
Module 4
Training budget: build and defend
Three budgeting methods, the allocation structure, and how to defend the budget during company-wide cuts.
25 min
Module 5
Managing training vendors
Select, evaluate and manage vendors — turning a vendor into a partner rather than a course-seller.
25 min
Module 6
Final test & Certificate
A 10-question summary test. Score at least 8/10 to earn the certificate — and complete the Level 3 program.
10 min
Certificate in L&D Business Partnering, Governance and Vendor Management
Complete all 6 modules and score at least 8/10 on the final test to unlock the certificate — issued by Nhan Ha (Tony), MBA, SHRM-CP via TTD. Download the PDF, print it, and share it on LinkedIn.
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