How to make your 2019 HR Plan

This is the time of the year to make your 2019 HR Plan (if you still make annual plans...). i provide seven steps to design your plan.

I recommend you to pay special attention to :

• Mapping and measuring the employee journey
• Upgrading your people analytics capacity
• Improving "continuous listening"
• Personalisation, by measuring individual preferences

 Outline of your 2019 HR Plan :

1- Introduction and Summary :

• What are the main business challenges for 2019 ?
• What capabilities need to be strengthened ? 
• What elements of the culture need attention ? 
• What are the main HR initiativies ?
• What are the HR goals for 2019 ?

2- The burning issues of 2019 :

• A short summary of the 2019 strategy
• Business priorities for 2019
• Implication for people and organization : ( required capabilities - required culture )
• Facts about the current situation and main gaps 

3- Other things we have to take into account :

• Developments in society
• Changing legals requirements
• Demographic developments 
• Trends to take into account 

4- priorities 2019 :

• How will HR contribute to realising the 2019 goals
• What are the HR people/organization priorities for 2019 ? focus on max three priorities 
• Find attractive labels for the priorities 

5- Where are we today ?

• Fact and figures in the three priorities areas
• Try to be as granular as possible ( business lines , regions , job levels etc )
• Create suprising visual insights 

6- HR initiatives to deal with most important issues : 

• Outline the HR initiatives focused on the three priorities areas
• Make choices between HR areas : ( recruitment , org design , talent development , compensation etc )
• What ? How ? be concrete 

7- planning , measurement , communication :

• Accountabilities / Responsibilities
• Implication for capacity and HR organization
• Planning and required Budget 2019
• How will stakeholders be involved 
• What are the HR KPI's for 2019