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Overview
Any implementation of new tools or processes only survives if people see value in it and understand how improvements can continue to be incorporated (if you’re standing still, you’re actually going backwards).
Ownership
Clear ownership is key to making things sustainable.
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Workforce planning as a concept: who owns the why and benefits - who cares enough to drive this bus (sponsor and champions)?
Workforce planning as a business process: who owns how and when workforce planning gets done - who can herd cats (process folk)?
Workforce planning participants: who owns the training and retraining of people doing workforce planning activities - who keeps people happy to be involved (L&D)?
Workforce planning procedures: who owns the intersection of the business process and the tools - who manages ongoing change and drives tool enhancements (continuous improvement folk)?
Workforce planning tool as a platform: who keeps the platform working - who fixes what breaks (clear boundaries and flow from internal customer support to TeamForm support)?
Cadence
Having a regular cadence for workforce planning activities helps to embed it into the “how we do things around here”.
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