Strategic Workforce Planning: Developing Optimized Talent Strategies for Future Growth - Hardcover

Sparkman, Ross

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1398607290 ISBN 13: 9781398607293

Publisher: Kogan Page, 2025

Synopsis

<p><b>Is your workforce strategy ready to meet future business demands?</b><br> <b><br><i>Strategic Workforce Planning </i></b>by <b>Ross Sparkman </b>is a comprehensive guide for senior HR leaders and executives who want to align people strategy with business goals and deliver sustainable competitive advantage. <br><br>Fully updated with new chapters on remote work strategies and operational workforce planning, this edition equips leaders with proven tools for navigating rapid change, managing AI and automation impacts and ensuring the organization has the skills and capacity it needs. Drawing on fresh real-world examples and global best practice, it provides a governance-led approach to building workforce agility. <br><br>You'll discover how to: <br>- Forecast future hiring demand and address critical skills gaps <br>- Prioritize investments in training and development for maximum ROI <br>- Manage workforce transformation in response to AI, automation and market shifts <br>- Integrate workforce planning with Diversity and Inclusion objectives <br><br>With strategic models, actionable frameworks and real-world insights, <b><i>Strategic Workforce Planning</i></b> enables senior decision-makers to design and deliver workforce strategies that meet today's priorities and prepare for tomorrow's challenges.<br><br><b><i>Themes include:</i></b><i> workforce strategy, governance, AI impact, skills development, diversity and inclusion</i></p>

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About the Author

<b>Ross Sparkman </b>is the Head of Strategic Workforce Planning at Nike. Previously, he was the Head of Strategic Workforce Planning &amp; Analytics at LinkedIn and GE Aviation, the Strategic Workforce Planning Leader at Devon Energy and a Senior Consultant at Deloitte Consulting where he specialized in Human Capital Strategy and Workforce Planning &amp; Analytics. He is based in San Francisco, California.

Edition details

• Publisher: Kogan Page
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1398607290
• ISBN 13: 9781398607293
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 400