Workforce Planning: Strategic steps in the right direction
Is strategic workforce planning among your top priorities? If not, it should be! The current volatile world of work is defined by several megatrends — from aging workforces and mass retirement to increased digitalization and a shift in employee expectations — which demand a strategic and more thoughtful and future-oriented approach to Workforce Planning.
In the latest edition of the People Leaders Newsletter, we focus on the critical aspects of this HR process, exploring the benefits of workforce planning and the actual steps needed to develop a strategy that works for you.
We also dive deep into talent redeployment, which will inevitably become an effective strategy in dealing with potential redundancy and finding more creative ways to help your talent remain valuable contributors within the organization.
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Strategic Workforce Planning: A Roadmap for Sustainable Success
The importance of strategic workforce planning stems from its ability to ensure talent optimization in close alignment with the overall business strategy. Here are a few steps to get you started.?
Redeployment: A Key Strategy for Managing Change in the Workplace
Whether it’s the increasingly shorter lifespan of skills or technological disruptions, it has become more important than ever for companies to turn their attention to redeployment scenarios. These practicies will enable them to respond strategically and effectively in the face of potential redundancy.
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We hope this new column has already become a habit and that it provides helpful tips from other HR peers like yourself.
In this edition, we've found David Boyle’s post insightful, in which he explains that one of the most significant challenges associated with workforce planning is defining exactly what the concept means for your organization and finding ways to leverage internal data and tools, among others.
David Boyle is a consultant and writer specializing in workforce planning and strategy. He has years of experience in multiple functions, including research, operations, and human resources, having worked with organizations like Deloitte, Johnson & Johnson, and the U.S. Coast Guard.
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HBR: Stepping up Workforce Planning Strategy by Closing the HR-Finance Gap
With close collaboration between finance and human resources (HR) functions, organizations can access the shared real-time insights they need to simplify complex challenges, respond to change in the moment, make the best strategic moves for the workforce, and share a mission that supports strategic growth.
Forbes: Workforce Planning: Definition & Best Practices
The author presents some of the best practices associated with workforce planning, including leveraging HR data analytics and following the latest developments and trends in the labor market.
HRZone: The Key Challenges of Strategic Workforce Planning
Research shows that poor data quality, a lack of clearly defined roles and responsibilities within the organization, and not having a methodology to execute strategic workforce planning are some of the critical challenges faced by HR and management.
HRD Connect: How Talent Intelligence Solves the Employee Redeployment Problem
The article highlights the potential of talent intelligence tools, like AI and machine learning, to improve HR processes, like internal mobility and even redeployment by leveraging real-time data insights to match employees with best-fit development opportunities or new roles.
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Nestor Mentioned by Orange in the Latest Report on AI from the Recursive
We’re happy and proud to be mentioned by our partners from Orange in the latest Report from The Recursive , exploring the AI ecosystem and innovations in Central and Eastern Europe. Orange is one of the main supporters of this report.
Adrian Matei, MBA, PhD - Data, AI & Enterprise Digital Solutions Director at Orange, joined the conversation on the future of AI, sharing insights about the digital transformation in the telecom sector. He highlighted key goals and strategies in the AI domain for the next 3-5 years, and mentioned some inspiring success stories already implemented in Orange, as is the case of Nestor's People Intelligence Platform.
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