Strategic Workforce Planning news

Welcome to our new look!As well as our new logo, we've launched a new improved website at http://www.aruspex.com.  All of our great content is there, and of course we'll continue to add to it, like this NEW overview of workforce planning in a downturn! There's a great overview of our leading workforce planning software and a comprehensive list of the advisory services we have to get your workforce planning project successful in weeks not months.  Also check out our new customer case studies...and more!

"Creating People Advantage in Times of Crisis" - The Boston Consulting Group have released a great paper which points out how important strategic workforce planning is for organizations in this economy, and how much opportunity it can create. As well as discussing wide implications of the current economy for organizations, it describes a six point "sweet spot" for farsighted companies:

  1. Strategic workforce planning
  2. Performance management
  3. Employee engagement
  4. Leadership capabilities
  5. Change management
  6. Internal and external communications

According to one of their surveyed companies (Deutsche Telekom) strategic workforce planning means that "almost all HR initiatives and action steps like recruiting, qualification, layoffs, or transfers can be systematically derived.

We'd go even further. An Aruspex workforce planning client can systematically derive a much wider range of impacts than that....and then can monitor their results against the goals they set in place for these actions in real time.

So if your organization wants to create people advantage in this time of crisis, contact us now.

"As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information."
Benjamin Disraeli
The economic downturn is still making headlines. Chartered Accounts discusses how accountants need to look into the future despite economic turmoil. The Newman Group reports increases in demand for workforce planning as a result of the current economy.

According to Talent Management, the Conference Board Employment Index shows the fastest decline in 35 years. Knowledge@Wharton questions the strategy behind current lay-offs, and Human Resource IQ talks about the problems associated with them. Human Resource Executive discusses how companies can take advantage of the current talent market. They also consider the best HR ideas of 2009.

Workshops - Our next three workforce planning workshops will be taking place in New York on April 22-23, Atlanta on May 12-13, and Melbourne on June 3-4. To find out more about these workshops, and when we are next coming to your city, visit our website.

Human Capital Institute 2009 Workforce Planning Conference - June 16-17 in Boston, MA.

Recorded Sessions - When you can't make it to an event, we have recorded sessions for you to listen to. "Becoming a Great Workforce Planner" is available at
HR.com, and "Identifying Business Value in Workforce Planning" is available at HCI.

What Makes a Great Workforce Planner?

A Real World Approach to Planning the Right Workforce for Tomorrow's Organizations Part 1

A Real World Approach to Planning the Right Workforce for Tomorrow's Organizations Part 2

The Gap Between Needing and Doing: A Survey on Why Some Companies Don’t Act on Strategic Workforce Planning Needs, and How Successful Companies Do