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Excerpt: Learn how to plan your workforce more flexible, effective and adaptable to successfully meet the current challenges of the modern business world with these 3 proven tips.
Workforce transformation
Workforce transformation describes the fundamental change in the organization and orientation of the workforce within a company. It’s about making the workforce more flexible, effective and adaptable to meet the ever-changing demands of the business world. But how can companies successfully manage this transformation process? Here are three tips to help you:
#1 - Holistic analysis and planning
Start with a comprehensive analysis of your corporate goals, strategies and processes. Identify the specific drivers for workforce transformation in your company, such as digitalization/AI, changing business models, external market conditions or the current cost situation. Derive specific measures from this that are tailored to the individual needs and goals of your company. Strategic personnel planning is a suitable tool for preparing these analyses. Today, however, this tried-and-tested method must be implemented in an agile, iterative and scenario-based manner and driven jointly by HR, corporate strategy, financial managers and operational management. At the end there is a differentiated statement on the future workforce. You know how many employees are required in the various areas, what specific skills and competencies you need and what the optimum team composition should be.
#2 - Flexible change management
Make sure you have the right resources and skills to achieve your transformation goals. This can mean recruiting new talent, retraining existing employees (reskill/upskill) or implementing new technologies. The establishment of a sustainable and flexible talent ecosystem, which takes flexible forms of employment into account alongside traditional permanent positions, plays an important role in this phase. How quickly and sustainably companies build up new skills is ultimately crucial to their adaptability and therefore competitiveness.
#3 - Clear communication
A successful workforce transformation requires the mobilization of everyone involved in the company. Make sure your employees understand why the transformation is important and how they can benefit from it. Communicate in an open and transparent manner about the goals, the process and the effects of the transformation. Open communication creates trust and commitment and supports successful change.
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As a solution provider of workforce management software with +20 years of experience, we support our customers in mastering the complexity of workforce transformation holistically. We support companies in promoting acceptance among the workforce at an early stage, involving key stakeholders in the transformation process, outlining realistic timetables for individual milestones, as well as in target group-oriented communication and consistent project management. What exactly does this look like in practice? We will be happy to explain this to you in a personal and non-binding online demo.
