The Strategic Workforce Planning and Talent Forecasting Training Course by The British Academy For Training and Development develops practical expertise in Strategic Workforce Planning, helping HR and management professionals align workforce capabilities, staffing requirements, and talent priorities with organisational objectives. The course focuses on workforce planning, succession planning, talent strategy, manpower planning, and future workforce analysis.

This Human Resources Training Course provides a structured approach to forecasting workforce demand and supply, identifying critical skills, analysing workforce gaps, and developing sustainable talent solutions. Participants learn how to integrate workforce planning with business strategy, build effective succession planning frameworks, develop a forward-looking talent strategy, and prepare organisations for changing future workforce requirements.

• Understand the principles and importance of Strategic Workforce Planning.
• Develop effective workforce planning frameworks.
• Analyse current workforce capabilities and future staffing requirements.
• Apply manpower planning techniques to organisational needs.
• Forecast future workforce demand and supply.
• Identify critical skills and workforce capability gaps.
• Develop effective succession planning strategies.
• Build an integrated talent strategy aligned with business objectives.
• Analyse workforce trends and future employment requirements.
• Develop workforce scenarios and talent forecasts.
• Establish practical workforce metrics and planning indicators.
• Prepare organisations for future workforce challenges.

Target Audience

• HR Managers and HR Professionals
• Workforce Planning Managers
• Talent Management Professionals
• Talent Acquisition Managers
• HR Business Partners
• Learning and Development Managers
• Succession Planning Specialists
• Organisational Development Professionals
• Strategic Planning Professionals
• Workforce Analytics Professionals
• Managers responsible for manpower planning and talent strategy

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