The Strategic Workforce Planning Handbook

Build a future-ready workforce that delivers strategic results and protects long-term business performance.

The Strategic Workforce Planning Handbook is an executive guide for senior HR leaders and board-level decision makers who need to ensure their workforce is designed, resourced and aligned to meet both current and future business demands. Written by workforce strategy expert David Edwards, this book shows senior leaders how to turn strategic workforce planning into a powerful lever for resilience, growth and risk mitigation.

With clear guidance on assessing your current workforce, identifying future capability needs and designing a robust workforce plan, this book equips leaders to make informed investment decisions, address critical talent risks and prepare their organizations for continuous change.

You'll learn how to:

- Translate business strategy into actionable workforce requirements
- Build executive alignment and secure stakeholder commitment
- Use data, technology and metrics to forecast demand and strengthen decision making
- Navigate internal politics, ethical considerations and D&I priorities in workforce planning

Covering everything from financial modeling and organization design to communicating change with confidence, The Strategic Workforce Planning Handbook gives senior leaders a practical roadmap to build a workforce that delivers sustainable performance and long-term competitive advantage.

Themes include: strategic workforce planning, organization design, leadership, workforce analytics, risk mitigation, diversity and inclusion, future skills