What is workforce planning?

Workforce planning is a way of assessing your organization’s current and future needs and creating a strategy for the people you require to serve those needs.

Why is workforce planning important?

Workforce planning is important to give your organization the flexibility it needs. By looking ahead and forming a series of agile strategies, you can have a plan ready to go the moment the needs of your business change.

What is the goal of workforce planning?

Your primary aim is to create a strategy or series of strategies that shape how you will staff your teams over a number of years, as well as how you will respond to different circumstances.

What are the five steps in the workforce planning process?

Step 1: Create a cross-functional planning process. Step 2: Align the plan with the company’s strategic business plan. Step 3: Use business and HR data to inform planning and decisions. Step 4: Infuse the plan within all aspects of talent management. Step 5: Make workforce planning an ongoing process.

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