Strategic Staffing: A Comprehensive System for Effective Workforce Planning, Second Edition

Engaging Line Managers in Workforce Planning

Managers will always support processes that they find valuable—those whose results outweigh the time and effort that the process requires. Usually, many of the managers who are not engaged in the workforce planning process just don’t feel that it helps them to manage more effectively or to meet their day-to-day objectives. These managers may recognize that workforce planning yields some “greater good” or macro-level benefit for the organization as a whole, but they often feel that there is nothing in it for them as individuals. If workforce planning really did help these people to manage more effectively, they would participate in the process willingly. However, traditional workforce planning processes ...