Strategic workforce planning helps managers look beyond day-to-day operations to ensure their teams have the right people, skills, and structures to meet future goals. It’s about anticipating needs rather than reacting to gaps — aligning talent, roles, and resources with the organization’s long-term strategy.
In this module, we’ll explore practical ways managers can assess current capacity, identify future needs, and make informed decisions to strengthen their teams and advance organizational priorities.
Definition and Components
Importance
Role Design
Review the slides below to learn key factors in designing individual roles, adjusting roles over time, and the associated "Job Review Process"
Team Design
Review the slides below to learn key factors in team design and how to monitor team structures over time
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Reflect
How have you seen team structure impact workstream or deliverables (positively or negatively)?
New Workforce Needs
Review the slides below to learn how to navigate emerging workforce needs as a manager
Site Design
Review the slides below to review site-wide workforce planning purpose and processes
Summary
Strategic workforce planning supports and is driven by PIH's overall mission and priorities. By approaching workforce planning thoughtfully and upholding shared processes, managers help strengthen PIH’s ability to plan sustainably, adapt to change, and ensure we have the right people in the right roles to advance our mission.
While this module has focused on workforce planning as an organizational need, in the next module we will focus on individual development within their roles and career paths.
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