Workforce Planning blog

Finally, ‘business analytics’ confirmed as one of three key opportunity areas, as well as the biggest weakness for HR

Sun, 25 Jun 2006 14:20:19 -0700

It is good to see a global thought leader confirm the importance of 'Business Analytics' skills in the HR function. A brand new study (membership required) from the Corporate Leadership Council has surveyed 200 global organizations, and identified three key roles where HR organizations must build

The curious incident of the workforce planning article in the night time.

Sun, 4 Jun 2006 14:16:34 -0700

In which the finest business journal in the world manages to publish a cover story and special section on managing an aging workforce without once mentioning workforce planning. You can imagine my excitement when I received the February 18th 2006 edition of the Economist - well, excitement mixed wi

Best-in-class talent management solution at IBM

Sat, 17 Jun 2006 13:57:19 -0700

Check out Manufacturing and Business technology - it summarizes the IBM Global Services workforce planning & optimization solution very neatly, and cites 7% increased utilization as a result as well as more intangible benefits. Tom Glasscock, Paul Reale and I had the opportunity to see this i

Goldman Sachs' people management drives extraordinary success - but where’s the planning...

Mon, 1 May 2006 13:45:32 -0700

Goldman Sachs is one of the most consistently successful companies in the world - returning 40% on equity in the most recent quarter. It has managed this through a stockmarket flotation that many assumed would mark the beginning of an exodus of talent to private hedge funds - and mainly through orga

Results of 2005 offsite published in Journal of Corporate Recruiting Leadership

Sun, 30 Apr 2006 12:54:43 -0700

At the end of September 2005, 15 workforce planning leaders met in Santa Clara to review three critical components of workforce planning and agree on common themes, best practices and ways to make the case that workforce planning is a business imperative. excerpt follows... A call to action If yo