Strategic Workforce Planning: A Fundamental Beginner's Guide

Everything You Need to Know to Get Started

Strategic workforce planning aims to proactively put the right people, in the right place, at the right time at the right cost in order to mitigate workforce risk now and in the future. The dynamics of a global economy have made strategic workforce planning one of the "most sought after skills in Human Resources today."

Strategic Workforce Planning is tied closely to HR's role in Talent Management.

This class is based on the book, Strategic Workforce Planning: Guidance & Back-Up Plans and will:

• Teach you the framework of strategic workforce planning

• Provide you with multiple implementation approaches

• Outline how to successfully sell the concept and tell you what to do if selling the concept fails

• Demonstrate ideas for measuring success

• Clarify the connection to other HR functions

• Discuss how to define the roles and responsibilities

• Show you practical tools and approaches for successful implementation

• Outline the major challenges facing strategic workforce planning leaders today

"Simple and practical."

"If you are looking for a straightforward guide to strategic workforce planning, this could be it. Brings together ideas from lots of sources with pros and cons."

"I've been through a number of workshops, formal training events related to SWP and have always come away with a different perspective or tool to use for the groups I support as a business partner."