Striking a Balance Between Consistency and Flexibility
In Chapter 3 I clearly defined two approaches to workforce planning: a traditional approach that is typically applied in a consistent way across an organization, and a more tailored approach that is applied only as needed to address critical staffing issues.
When I first developed the targeted approach, I saw it as a complete alternative to the organization-wide approach. I saw little commonality between the two, and I tried to build a case that the more focused, targeted approach was the only methodology that would yield effective results.
Some of the organizations I worked with struggled to define an appropriate level of consistency when developing and implementing a focused approach to ...
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