Strategic Workforce Planning: Developing Optimized Talent Strategies for Future Growth

Strategic Workforce Planning by Ross Sparkman provides a governance-led approach to building workforce agility, forecasting future hiring demand, prioritizing investments in training and development, managing workforce transformation, and integrating workforce planning with Diversity and Inclusion objectives.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 400 pages
Publication date: 03 April 2025
Publisher: Kogan Page Ltd

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.

Weight: 592g
Dimension: 233 x 157 x 24 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781398607279
Edition number: 2 Revised edition