The British Academy for Training and Development offers the comprehensive Innovations in Workforce Planning & Organisational Development Training Course. This course organises workforce planning strategies such that HR managers align talents to the institutional goals. It concerns strategic workforce analysis, demand and supply forecast update, and gap analyses to fulfil proposed future talent requirements effectively. Attendees discover succession planning on talent management frameworks, plus principles of organisational design supportive of agility and adaptability. 

The course content includes change management in workforce planning, advocating for how an HR professional would conduct any transformation initiative smoothly. There will also be a stove to data driven decision making, HR analytics and employing technologies in organisational development. HR managers shall accord insight to employee engagement strategies, leadership development, and making a culture of continuous improvement. 

This agenda also emphasizes the understanding of performance management systems and competency modeling as well as measuring the impact of organisational development initiatives to prepare HR leaders for a real-time role to promote sustainable growth and resilience in the organisation.

Objective:
By the end of the course, attendees will be able:

• Introducing some of the recent approaches aimed at workforce planning and aligned to the organisational strategy.

• To build the ability to analyse data, forecast and identify talent gaps.

• To increase knowledge of organisational design and structural development.

• To strengthen the ability to implement change management and transformational HR practices.

• To employ HR analytics and technological tools in the field of workforce development.

• To enhance planning skills for leadership, succession strategies, and performance management systems.

Who Should Attend?
This course is ideal for:

• HR Managers

• HR Business Partners

• Organisational Development (OD) Specialists

• Strategic Workforce Planners

• HR Directors and Team Leaders

• Professionals responsible for talent management and organisational change

• Anyone involved in developing HR policies and workforce strategies

How will attendees benefit?
Attendees will gain many benefits, include:

• Gaining in use tools and techniques for agile and future-ready workforce planning.

• Improving their ability to do proper forecasting and workforce gap analysis.

• Improving strategic thought in aligning talent with organisational aims.

• Learning to apply HR analytics and technology in aid of smarter decision-making.

• Improving skills for organisational design, restructuring, and change management.

• Development of sound succession planning models that ensure leadership continuity.

• To build further employee engagement, culture development, and performance systems.

• Increase confidence in tracking results of transformational HR projects as well as in directing them.

• Enhance their strategic value as HR leaders able to propel long-term company success.

Introduction to Workforce Planning

• Importance of strategic alignment

• Core principles and lifecycle

Strategic Workforce Analysis

• Analysing current workforce capacity

• Identifying business and talent needs

Demand and Supply Forecasting

• Workforce demand modelling

• Supply analysis and scenario planning

Gap Analysis and Planning Solutions

• Identifying workforce shortages and surpluses

• Developing action plans to close gaps

Succession Planning and Talent Mapping

• Identifying high-potential talent

• Building internal talent pipelines

Organisational Design and Restructuring

• Structuring for agility and growth

• Aligning roles with strategy

Change Management in Workforce Planning

• Leading workforce transformation

• Managing resistance and gaining buy-in

HR Analytics and Decision-Making

• Leveraging data in planning

• Metrics and dashboards

Technology in Workforce and OD

• Tools and platforms supporting innovation

• Digital transformation in HR

Employee Engagement and Cultural Development

• Building a resilient organisational culture

• Enhancing motivation and productivity

Leadership Development and Capability Building

• Developing future leaders

• Competency models for growth

Performance Management Systems

• Designing and aligning performance frameworks

• Linking performance with development

Measuring Organisational Development Impact

• Evaluating outcomes of OD interventions

Continuous improvement methodologies