Strategic Workforce Planning and Talent Forecasting Training Course

Module 1: Fundamentals of Strategic Workforce Planning

• Principles of Strategic Workforce Planning
• Purpose and scope of workforce planning
• Relationship between business strategy and workforce requirements
• Workforce planning lifecycle
• Strategic workforce planning roles and responsibilities
• Key workforce planning challenges

Module 2: Workforce Analysis and Current-State Assessment

• Principles of workforce planning
• Analysing workforce demographics
• Skills, roles, and capability assessment
• Workforce structure and productivity analysis
• Identifying workforce strengths and vulnerabilities
• Developing a current-state workforce profile

Module 3: Workforce Demand Forecasting

• Workforce demand forecasting techniques
• Business growth and workforce requirements
• Forecasting future roles and skills
• Workforce demand drivers
• Scenario-based workforce forecasting
• Developing workforce demand models

Module 4: Workforce Supply and Manpower Planning

• Principles of manpower planning
• Internal workforce supply analysis
• External labour market considerations
• Employee availability and mobility
• Skills supply and capability analysis
• Identifying workforce supply gaps

Module 5: Talent Forecasting and Future Workforce Analysis

• Principles of talent forecasting
• Identifying emerging skills
• Analysing labour market trends
• Technology and changing job requirements
• Building a future workforce profile
• Developing talent supply and demand scenarios

Module 6: Succession Planning and Critical Roles

• Principles of succession planning
• Identifying critical and business-critical roles
• Talent readiness assessment
• Succession pipelines
• High-potential employee development
• Reducing key-person and capability risks

Module 7: Developing an Integrated Talent Strategy

• Principles of talent strategy
• Aligning talent priorities with business objectives
• Talent acquisition and development requirements
• Retention and workforce capability strategies
• Internal mobility and career development
• Building sustainable talent pipelines

Module 8: Workforce Skills Gap and Capability Planning

• Identifying workforce capability gaps
• Skills gap analysis
• Current versus future competency requirements
• Reskilling and upskilling strategies
• Learning and development alignment
• Building workforce capability plans

Module 9: Workforce Analytics and Planning Metrics

• Workforce planning data and analytics
• Headcount and workforce productivity metrics
• Turnover and retention indicators
• Skills and capability metrics
• Workforce forecasting dashboards
• Using data to support strategic workforce decisions

Module 10: Practical Strategic Workforce Planning Implementation

• Conducting a complete Strategic Workforce Planning assessment
• Developing workforce demand and supply forecasts
• Creating a manpower planning framework
• Building a succession planning pipeline
• Developing a forward-looking talent strategy
• Creating a future workforce action plan