Strategic Workforce Planning is a strategic thinking process for aligning workforce strategies to desired business outcomes. The resulting Strategic Workforce Plan, once implemented, results in the right number people with the right skills and capabilities in place to achieve the organization’s strategic goals.

Value of Workforce Planning

• Methodology for aligning workforce strategies to desired business outcomes; most effective when synced up with the strategic business planning cycle
• Foundation for building executive commitment to support the strategic workforce planning cycle
• Strengthening of leadership strategic thinking skills: environmental scanning, scenario planning, alternative solutions’ impact and risk assessment
• Accelerates the implementation of leadership decision making by anticipating potential situations and their solutions prior to their occurrence
• Effective approach for building a plan to close the gaps between current and future talent needs with input across the organization
• Tools & techniques for gathering, understanding and presenting information
• Resulting action plan addresses: staffing, organization design, culture, HR infrastructure, regulations & risk management
• Delivery options: consultant, project manager, team member, coach, instructor 

Applications

• Business strategy and business model changes
• Rapid organic growth
• Inorganic growth – mergers & acquisitions
• Re-organizations, downsizing and divestitures
• Organizational under performance