Strategic workforce

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 Strategic workforce planning template

Executive summary

Stakeholders
Name Role Contact information

High-level overview

Short-term
organizational goals

Long-term
organizational goals

Future internal challenges

Future external challenges

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 Staff overview

Describe your current staffing

level.

Does that level align with your

future goals?

How tenured are your employees?

What is your recruitment strategy?

How many highly skilled positions

do you anticipate needing to fill
soon?

Can your organization promote

from within?

Do you anticipate demand

increases requiring more
employees?

Current action plan for a short-term

demand increase.

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 Training and skills overview

Describe your current

organizational training level.

What are your future training and

development goals?

Describe your current workforce

gaps in skills
and/or training.

What are the highest-priority gaps

to address within the next 12
months?

What are the highest-priority gaps

that you can address on
a long-term basis?

What are the action plans for

addressing workforce gaps?

What courses/employees are

scheduled for training?

How will you measure progress?

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