Talent Gap Analysis – Workforce Planning’s Reality Check

With slow but uncertain economic growth on the horizon, organizations must strike a balance in their growth strategies between pursuing opportunities for growth and remaining adaptable to change (technological, economic, or political).  This demand for flexible, adaptable growth strategies translates into a demand for strategic workforce planning that is equally flexible and adaptable.  For these ambitious strategies to work, leaders need to understand where the business strategy leads and then analyze the ability of their current workforce to actually get there.

Which roles, competencies, skills, and behavioral types will organization need in the future? What is the difference between the desired future workforce and the current one? Answering these questions with a comprehensive assessment of current employee is a crucial step in the development of any workforce plan and equally important to tracking the progress the plan when in motion.