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New Aruspex Whitepapers - Everything You Need to Workforce Plan
 
In our never ending quest to help organizations with true Strategic Workforce Planning, Aruspex is pleased to announce the release of our new whitepapers, “Strategic Workforce Planning: A Real World Approach to Planning the Right Workforce for Tomorrow’s Organizations” - detailed information on the what, why and how of Strategic Workforce Planning!

The first part, which was released in September, introduces the concept of strategic workforce planning as a vital part of the business planning approach. Part two describes the Aruspex workforce planning framework and provides detailed information on how to do the process.  Think of them as your personal consultant, guiding you on the process. 

The papers offer a full description of our flexible workforce planning approach which allows organizations to tailor the funamentals to suit their unique situations. It examines the following topics:

·        Successful workforce planning parameters

·       The workforce planning value chain

·        Choosing the right approach for an organization

·        Defining current and future states

·        Scenario planning and action planning

The papers also describe the benefits of successful workforce planning, which you can use to help engage the business.  We hope these papers give your workforce planning journey the boost it needs to leap into 2008! 

 
 
 Book Review: Getting Unstuck
 

“Getting Unstuck” by Timothy Butler provides a new and practical approach to getting past the “dead ends” in life. Butler , a researcher and business psychologist, works with students and business executives who have hit a “dead end”, and his work allows their inner thoughts and passions to direct them to the answer. He uses these case studies to illustrate his theories throughout the book.

The overall process revolves around six phases that Butler calls the “Cycle of Impasse”: the arrival of crisis and impasse; its deepening and the attendant re-emergence of unresolved issues; the dropping of old assumptions and the opening up to new information; the shift to a new way of understanding our situation; the greater recognition of deep patterns of our personality and the decision to take concrete action.
 
The book is structured into three sections that allow the reader to first identify an impasse, then unearth hidden interests and passions, and finally move from impasse to action. This is a practical self-help book that provides exercises to allow you to get past the dead end in your life. Like Butler says, “dead ends” have the possibility to become motivation for great change, if only you have the energy and patience to dig in. 
To be honest, it wasn't quite what we thought it would be (we were hoping for more about solving business impasses and less self-help), but we certainly have come across many workforce planning journeys which are stuck - so it might be a useful tool for some!

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Thought for the Month
" Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality."
The Dalai Lama
 
In The Press
 Organizations need flexibility to ensure older workers remain
 
The engagement gap between the effort companies need and what employees are willing to invest in their work
 
Employees cite stress as a major reason behind leaving an organization
 
 
How to prepare for demographic changes
 
Improving the engagement gap
 
The talent gap a serious problem for many organizations
 
Corporate Social Responsibility action more important to employees.
 
Disengaged workers lead to lower productivity and decreased retention
 
 
 
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