132 | Strategic Workforce Planning – Why It’s Important and How to Improve Your Skills, With Jen Allen Jardine

HR Coffee Time

Whether you’d like to learn more about how to use Strategic Workforce Planning in your current role or considering whether specialising in Strategic Workforce Planning could be the perfect career option for you, this episode of HR Coffee Time is here to help.

Host Fay Wallis is joined by Jen Allen Jardine, a Strategic Workforce Planning (SWP) expert, who explains what SWP is, why it’s important, how it fits into HR, the partnership between SWP and HR, and the misconceptions about it. She also provides valuable advice for anyone looking to specialise in SWP, including practical tips and book recommendations.

Chapters from This Episode

[00:00] Introduction and overview

[02:17] Meet the expert: Jen Allen Jardine

[03:09] Defining Strategic Workforce Planning

[04:13] Strategic Workforce Planning in large vs small organisations

[04:55] The role of HR in Strategic Workforce Planning

[11:03] Developing skills for Strategic Workforce Planning

[17:18] Misconceptions about Strategic Workforce Planning

[23:02] Book recommendations

[34:29] How to contact Jen

[35:50] Conclusion

Useful Links

• Connect with Fay on LinkedIn
• Fay’s website: Bright Sky Career Coaching
• Connect with Jen Allen Jardine on LinkedIn

Other Relevant HR Coffee Time Episodes

• HR Coffee Time podcast playlist: Clarify Your Career Goals & Explore HR Career Options
• Episode 58: How to feel more confident using data & analytics in your HR role
• Episode 119: How using Agile can drive positive change & prove HR’s value, with Kate Maddison-Geenwell

Book Recommendations From the Episode

• Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About The World – And Why Things Are Better Than You Think, by Hans Rosling , Ola Rosling and Anna Rosling
• Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything, by Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner
• Radical Uncertainty: Decision-making for an unknowable future, by John Kay and Mervyn King

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