Strategy & Leadership

Strategic Drift: How HR Plans for Change

October 27, 2016

Global

October 27, 2016

Global

Discovering and retaining high-potential employees will be the greatest problem faced by employers.

Today's workforce is in a state of flux. Technological changes in the way that businesses are run often make it difficult to determine the kind of staff needed both today and in the future. Furthermore, market changes can add further disruption to workforce shifts brought on by technological advances. This is why strategic workforce planning is so critical. 

Strategic Drift: How HR Plans for Change is an EIU report on where companies they are experiencing skills and labor shortages, and whether retaining existing employees or hiring workers to fill gaps has been more effective. The EIU conducted a survey of 502 C-suite respondents, evenly distributed across four geographic regions in the US to better understand how they prepare for and combat workforce challenges. 

The EIU would like to thank the following interviewees for their partcipation in this program (listed alphabetically): 

• Peter Cappelli, George W. Taylor Professor of Management, The Wharton School, Director of Wharton’s Center for Human Resources
• Marc Cecere, VP, Principal Analyst, Forrester Research
• Nicole Cunningham, Head of Recruiting and Employee Experience, Knot Standard
• Stephen DeWitt, CEO, Work Market
• Stacey Harris, VP Research and Analytics, Sierra-Cedar
• Kathryn Minshew, CEO and Co-founder, The Muse
• Regis Mulot, EVP HR, Staples
• Carl Rhodes, CEO, The Human Capital Institute
• David Rodriguez, Global CHRO, Marriott International

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