The org charts are connected to the succession plan…
The succession plan is connected to the reorg…
The reorg is connected to the data integrity…
And so on.

Workforce planning is a very comprehensive term. Sometimes it gets tangled in definitions regarding only the scheduling of employees. Other times it’s used to define the budget needed for future staff. It is so much more than that. read more »

Ebenezer Scrooge, the principal character in Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, was visited by spirits of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come on Christmas Eve to give him a new perspective on priorities and show him the weakness of his wicked ways.

In the same vein, what have you learned from staring into the terror of what you thought was going to be a mass exodus of retirees and enormous turnover of younger workers as they hip-hopped through their career positions? Has your company learned from it’s weaknesses? Can you point out where this economy (even if it is a bit of a nightmare, like Ebenezer’s) is a chance to learn, retool our lives, and be better people and employers in the future? read more »

(Second of two-part series - Want to Join HR, But That’s Not Your Background? So What?)

Workforce Management provides a basic checklist indicating who does which part of the workforce planning. As with most  checklists, this is an oversimplification of the process, but a GREAT place to start.

Your organization will have many ideas for integrating these tasks and tracking key metrics. Just a few observations on the checklist points: read more »