5

Developing Your Workplace Profile

 

Introduction

In this chapter, you’ll examine past trends, evaluate your organization’s current situation, and project future needs. You’ll analyze your current workforce to determine the supply and demand of leadership candidates in your company and to determine what missing competencies could keep your company from meeting that demand.

Think About This

If your organization has any department where they say, “The person who does that isn’t here today,” you have a skills gap that needs to be addressed.

A demand forecast anticipates the human resources that will be needed to carry out the strategic plans of ...

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