Strategic Workforce Planning

Align staff, skills and resources to meet both the short-term goals and long-term aims of your organization with the second edition of this practical guide.



Is your workforce strategy ready to meet future business demands? Strategic Workforce Planning by Ross Sparkman is a comprehensive guide for senior HR leaders and executives who want to align people strategy with business goals and deliver sustainable competitive advantage. Fully updated with new chapters on remote work strategies and operational workforce planning, this edition equips leaders with proven tools for navigating rapid change, managing AI and automation impacts and ensuring the organization has the skills and capacity it needs. Drawing on fresh real-world examples and global best practice, it provides a governance-led approach to building workforce agility. You'll discover how to: - Forecast future hiring demand and address critical skills gaps - Prioritize investments in training and development for maximum ROI - Manage workforce transformation in response to AI, automation and market shifts - Integrate workforce planning with Diversity and Inclusion objectives With strategic models, actionable frameworks and real-world insights, Strategic Workforce Planning enables senior decision-makers to design and deliver workforce strategies that meet today's priorities and prepare for tomorrow's challenges. Themes include: workforce strategy, governance, AI impact, skills development, diversity and inclusion