Human Resources: Strategic Workforce Planning

Get an overview of strategic workforce planning (SWP). Learn why SWP is critical to the success of an organization and how HR professionals can craft an effective plan.

Introduction

• Welcome

1. Understanding Strategic Workforce Planning

• What is strategic workforce planning (SWP)?
• The modern approach to SWP
• How business planning horizons affect SWP
• How does SWP deliver value?

2. Getting Started

• Key assumptions and elements of an SWP system
• Environmental scanning
• Build a talent inventory
• Forecast internal and external workforce supply
• Forecast workforce demand
• Integrate forecasts of workforce supply and demand
• Execution and evaluation of SWP systems

3. Succession Planning

• Leadership succession: The concept of workforce readiness
• Alternative approaches to leadership succession
• Should leadership succession plans be secret?
• Succession planning in small businesses

4. Managing Strategic Workforce Planning

• SWP and global talent management systems
• Who owns talent development?
• Put it all together: Essential features of an SWP system

Conclusion

• Next steps