Strategic Workforce Planning A Complimentary Session by Excel Academy

This half-day interactive session equips HR professionals and managers with practical workforce forecasting strategies to align talent planning with business growth and future workforce challenges. Facilitated by a seasoned Human Resources specialist with over 28 years of cross-industry experience, this session brings together proven techniques in talent demand and supply analysis, strategic staffing approaches, and workforce forecasting — helping organisations build a resilient and future-ready workforce.

Whether you are navigating labour shortages, managing workforce surpluses, or aligning HR strategy with long-term business direction, this session provides the tools and frameworks to make confident, data-informed workforce decisions.

What Will You Learn in Strategic Workforce Planning?

• Identify the role of Strategic Workforce Planning within the broader business context and understand why it is one of the most critical HR functions supporting organisational continuity and growth.
• Appreciate current and emerging workforce management challenges, including shifts in internal and external labour demand and supply.
• Define workforce planning within the Human Resources management function and understand its scope and application.
• Understand the relationship between workforce planning and organisational strategic planning, and how to align both effectively.
• Formulate staffing strategies to address labour shortages and surpluses, and develop both short-term and long-term workforce solutions.

Programme Outline

Module 1: Roles and Responsibilities — Roles and responsibilities in Workforce Planning — Importance of Management Support in Workforce Planning — Internal vs External Labour Challenges

Module 2: Workforce Analysis — Strategic vs Operational Manpower Review — Current Issues and Challenges in Workforce Analysis — Alignment of Workforce Planning towards Business Strategies

Module 3: Forecast Needs — Historical Analysis — Forecasting Techniques — Right Number with the Right Skills at the Right Time

Module 4: Analyse Gaps — Challenges in Talent Attraction and Retention — Square Pegs in Round Holes — Rightsizing vs Downsizing Approaches

Module 5: Develop Strategies — Understanding Internal and External Labour Demand and Supply — Matching Strategies with Business Direction — Short-Term Strategies vs Long-Term Strategies

Module 6: Implement Strategies — Implementing the Appropriate Strategies — Getting Support in Implementing Workforce Strategies — Roles and Responsibilities in Implementing Strategies

Module 7: Putting It All Together — Preparing the Overall Workforce Planning for Management Approval — Convincing Management on Workforce Requirements — Workforce Review Where Necessary