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

Summary

When implementing strategic staffing, appropriate line management engagement and involvement is crucial. Make sure that the line managers fully understand the process and its value. Ensure that they are actively engaged in the process and prepared to implement (or at least consider implementing) its results. Above all, make sure that they understand how the implementation of strategic staffing will make them better managers right now. Finally, when you talk with managers to obtain the information that you need (e.g., staffing requirement information), be prepared. Understand their business and define their current staffing availability (both staffing levels and capabilities). Discuss with those managers how their business will be changing, ...