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Strategic Workforce Planning Masterclass

At a glance

Subject area(s)
People & Organisational Change, Talent and Capability, Strategy
Attendance
Short course
Fee
£995 (live-online) + VAT. For cohorts starting after 1 January 2025: £1,100 (live-online) + VAT. £1,175 (in-person) + VAT. For cohorts starting after 1 January 2025: £1,295 (in-person) + VAT
Course length
Taught over 2 weeks (live-online), 1 x full-day session (in-person)
Suitable for
HR managers, senior HR professionals, HR business partners, and others tasked with business planning or organisational development
Delivery
In-person

Start dates

8 Nov 2024

Delivery: In-person
Location: Greenlands campus,

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All programmes are subject to limited availability. We recommend booking a minimum of 6 weeks before the programme start date, to guarantee sufficient time for your enrolment and on-boarding.

Overview

Strategic workforce planning (SWP) involves proactively identifying your organisation's long-term business needs and developing an effective workforce plan to meet them. Yet despite its business-critical nature, many organisations do not understand the value of SWP or how to deliver it.

This live-online masterclass gives you the skills needed to lead in this area of organisational development. You will learn how to align your people resources with the organisation's business plan by getting the right people in the right place, at the right time, with the right skills. You will also leave with a five-step process to help you deliver SWP in your organisation.

The course content and case study reflect the current organisational design challenges resulting from the COVID-19 crisis. These include the sustainability of hard choices such as layoffs; matching the current workforce to the available work; and making rapid choices including redeployment or the delivery of new products and services.

Watch our programme information session.

Key benefits

  • Demystify SWP and understand the value it can deliver

  • Leave with a practical five-step process that you can apply within your organisation

  • Move from an operational to a strategic focus

  • Have better discussions with your business customers and support partners

Henley's People & Organisational Change masterclasses are delivered through the presentation and exploration of key ideas, peer discussion, group learning and case studies. Each masterclass:

  • Focuses on organisational context, encouraging you to consider and discuss your own challenges
  • Integrates soft skills and practice with theory, helping you develop the confidence and credibility you need to get results back in the workplace
  • Gives you immediate practical takeaways such as an action plan aligned with your personal learning objectives
  • Provides the opportunity to engage with a supportive peer network

The Strategic Workforce Planning masterclass is available live-online, delivered as two half-day facilitated interactive sessions, enabling real-time engagement and discussion.

Programme content

You will look at topics including:

  • What is strategic workforce planning and why is it important?
  • Mapping your business strategy - what does it mean in practice for your people and talent?
  • Analysing your current and future workforce
  • How to integrate the SWP five-step planning process into your organisation
  • How SWP translates to operational realities like hiring, promotions, retention, rewards and people development

Programme Director Paul Lambert is a senior HR practitioner with over 25 years of international experience in strategic workforce planning, organisational design, and change management.

Paul Lambert

Programme Director, People & Organisational Change

Why choose Henley?

No.3 in the UK
of Executive Education providers for open programmes - Financial Times 2024
(Financial Times Executive Education open enrolment programmes rankings 2024)
No. 20 in the world
for Executive Education (combined open and custom programmes) - Financial Times 2023
(Executive Education 2023: Top 50 combined ranking and school profiles)

For 75 years, Henley Business School has developed confident and resilient business leaders. Executive Education at Henley is:

  • Practical: we combine academic rigour with a strong practical focus, so you can immediately apply what you have learned back in your organisation.
  • Relevant: Henley faculty are experienced practitioners who can support you in exploring solutions to your organisation’s challenges.
  • Collaborative: Open programmes enable you to expand your network, gain new perspectives and share ideas with peers from a range of backgrounds and sectors.
  • Personal: deliberately small learning groups allow you to benefit from individual attention and a confidential environment. We encourage you to understand your unique strengths, leadership style, and areas for development.

Contact us

Open Programmes

If you have any questions or would like to learn more about the programme, please contact our programme advisors.

Email: exec@henley.ac.uk
Telephone: 01491 418767

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