Strategic Workforce Planning Handbook

Design, Implement and Measure Workforce Plans to Drive Business Results

AvDavid Edwards

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

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Build a future-ready workforce that delivers strategic results and protects long-term business performance. The Strategic Workforce Planning Handbook is an executive guide for senior HR leaders and board-level decision makers who need to ensure their workforce is designed, resourced and aligned to meet both current and future business demands. Written by workforce strategy expert David Edwards, this book shows senior leaders how to turn strategic workforce planning into a powerful lever for resilience, growth and risk mitigation. With clear guidance on assessing your current workforce, identifying future capability needs and designing a robust workforce plan, this book equips leaders to make informed investment decisions, address critical talent risks and prepare their organizations for continuous change. You'll learn how to:- Translate business strategy into actionable workforce requirements - Build executive alignment and secure stakeholder commitment - Use data, technology and metrics to forecast demand and strengthen decision making - Navigate internal politics, ethical considerations and D&I priorities in workforce planning Covering everything from financial modeling and organization design to communicating change with confidence, The Strategic Workforce Planning Handbook gives senior leaders a practical roadmap to build a workforce that delivers sustainable performance and long-term competitive advantage. Themes include: strategic workforce planning, organization design, leadership, workforce analytics, risk mitigation, diversity and inclusion, future skills

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2026-01-03
Mått:156 x 234 x 15 mm
Vikt:666 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:296
Förlag:Kogan Page Ltd
ISBN:9781398623590

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David Edwards is a global authority on Strategic Workforce Planning (SWP). He has been the Head of Workforce Planning at Ericsson, Strategic Workforce Management Programme Manager at NatWest Group and the Head of Resource Management for CIB Technology at RBS. Based in Basingstoke, UK, he is an advisor and conference speaker on all aspects of SWP.

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"This book offers a rich vision of what HR can be, through the lens of strategic workforce planning. David Edwards brings his wealth of unique experience, personal stories, and strolls through London and beyond, to create marvelous observations and analogies that encourage and inspire the community of strategic workforce planners to play their important role in shaping the future of work and HR."

Innehållsförteckning

Section - One: Why it MattersChapter - 01: Why I Love Doing This;Chapter - 02: And What Do You Do?;Chapter - 03: SWP Is Not a Cure-All;Section - Two: How to Practise ItChapter - 04: The Truth is Out There – and it’s Hidden in Plain Sight;Chapter - 05: Emotively Captivating;Chapter - 06: Making Friends with Finance and Benefits;Chapter - 07: Lining Up the Anseriformes, aka Getting Your Ducks in a Row;Chapter - 08: Turn and Face the Strange;Chapter - 09: Siren Voices;Chapter - 10: What Has SWP Ever Done for Us? – Part 1;Chapter - 11: What has SWP Ever Done for Us – Part II;Section - Three: How to Land ItChapter - 12: Politics – will the force be with you?;Chapter - 13: Strategy, Scenarios, Scale, Scope…and Sheena;Chapter - 14: The Challengeable Orthodoxy of Third Parties, Headcount and Skills;Chapter - 15: TechNo;Section - Four: Where Its HeadingChapter - 16: Future Perfect;Chapter - 17: A Painful Passion;Chapter - 18: Reflections