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Are you looking for development, resources and tools to help you with the how to of workforce planning? The Workforce Planning Tools website is a resource for the Australian and international business community including small businesses, produced by Workforce BluePrint.
A workforce plan takes stock of where you are now, where you want to be and identifies the gaps. It puts a workforce lens on your strategic plan and helps you to prioritise workforce development strategies now and into the future.
As workforce planners we have come across some great and some not so great workforce planning tools. These workforce planning, workforce development and human resource management resources cover attraction through to work life balance. This website has lots of information including:
- 5 steps to building a workforce plan which means you can follow a simple process and produce your own plan;
- Building a business case for gender diversity and retaining women in the workforce;
- Using online workforce planning and development tools, for example Skillsbook
- Strategic planning to define your direction which means you can work towards clear outcomes, measure your performance and action plan your success;
- How to undertake a training needs analysis;
- Workforce management model that helps you with definitions and a common understanding of terms which means you’ll be talking the same language; and
- A Checklist for your existing workforce plan.
Feel free to explore as we think you’ll find tools and templates to help you with all sorts of workforce challenges including team development, organisational development, small business development, strategic planning, industry development, major projects, networks and clusters, supply chains and value chains, community development, remote, rural and regional development.
Workforce BluePrint provides mentoring in workforce planning and development so you can manage the process yourself with independent and professional help. Customised conference key notes and workshops, pick n mix workshop topics to suit you and the facilitation of a Workforce Architects program are provided to build knowledge, understanding and practice in workforce development and planning.
Managing simple to complex workforce planning projects and implementing practical workforce development strategies such as training needs analysis, capability/competency frameworks, skills profiling, and gap closing strategies in ways that build your capability, capacity & productivity is our mission.
Interested in a copy of our basic workforce plan template or have a ‘how to’ question? Please send an email to wendy@workforceplanningtools.com.au with your request, a brief outline of what you are working towards and we’ll email you right back. Thank you for visiting, making contact and please join the Workforce Planning Tools LinkedIn Group.
Regards
Wendy Perry, Head Workforce Planner, Workforce BluePrint
Managing Director, Wendy Perry and Associates Pty Ltd
Innovator, Thinker, Speaker, Writer
