The Strategic Workforce Planning and Scenario Forecasting Training Course is a high-impact, future-focused program tailored for HR professionals, planners, and business leaders aiming to align talent strategy with organizational goals in an unpredictable world. As organizations navigate the pressures of digital transformation, demographic shifts, automation, and globalization, the ability to proactively forecast workforce needs and design agile, future-ready talent strategies is no longer optional—it’s a competitive imperative. This course empowers participants with actionable tools and insights to identify critical workforce trends, model future scenarios, and optimize talent supply and demand.

Through interactive case studies and real-world modeling techniques, participants will learn to assess workforce gaps, build dynamic scenario plans, and align capabilities with business growth. The course blends data analytics, strategic HR frameworks, and workforce architecture to ensure that learners can confidently develop workforce plans that adapt to disruption while maintaining organizational resilience. Whether you’re rethinking your workforce strategy or preparing for emerging talent demands, this course provides a robust foundation for workforce foresight and proactive planning.

Duration: 5 Days

Target Audience
• HR Strategic Planners
• Workforce Planning Professionals
• Talent Acquisition Leaders
• Organizational Development Specialists
• HR Business Partners
• Senior HR Managers
• Learning and Development Managers
• Business Continuity Planners
• CHROs and Senior Executives

Course Objectives
• Understand the fundamentals of strategic workforce planning
• Align workforce planning with business and operational strategy
• Use scenario-based planning to prepare for future workforce needs
• Leverage data analytics to drive workforce decisions
• Identify workforce risks and talent gaps proactively
• Build agile models for supply and demand forecasting
• Develop a skills inventory and capabilities mapping
• Engage stakeholders in long-term talent planning
• Improve strategic decision-making with actionable insights

Module 1: Foundations of Strategic Workforce Planning
• Key concepts and definitions in workforce planning
• Business alignment and workforce strategy integration
• Workforce planning maturity models
• Role of HR in long-term workforce strategy
• Setting workforce planning objectives and success metrics

Module 2: Workforce Segmentation and Role Prioritization
• Identifying critical roles and talent segments
• Segmentation strategies based on business value
• Differentiating core, contingent, and emerging roles
• Creating role impact matrices
• Prioritizing talent investments by workforce segments

Module 3: Workforce Supply and Demand Forecasting
• Principles of talent supply-demand modeling
• Forecasting techniques: quantitative and qualitative methods
• Labor market intelligence and benchmarking
• Scenario variables: turnover, retirements, hiring, automation
• Visualizing workforce trends using dashboards

Module 4: Scenario Planning for Future Workforce Needs
• What-if analysis and workforce scenario modeling
• Building workforce models for multiple future states
• Incorporating megatrends and industry disruptors
• Planning for workforce agility and resilience
• Evaluating impact of external shocks and black swan events

Module 5: Capability and Skills Mapping
• Assessing current skills and capability inventories
• Defining future skill requirements by role and function
• Skills gap analysis methodologies
• Developing upskilling and reskilling pathways
• Integrating learning strategies into workforce planning

Module 6: Strategic Talent Risk Management
• Identifying and assessing workforce risks
• Succession risks and pipeline vulnerabilities
• Risk indicators for workforce disruption
• Developing risk mitigation strategies
• Integrating workforce risk into enterprise risk planning

Module 7: Data-Driven Workforce Analytics
• Key data sources for workforce planning
• Building workforce analytics capabilities
• Using predictive analytics for planning scenarios
• Creating workforce scorecards and KPIs
• Communicating insights through data visualization

Module 8: Stakeholder Engagement and Governance
• Engaging cross-functional leaders in workforce planning
• Establishing planning teams and governance structures
• Creating communication and change management plans
• Building accountability for workforce outcomes
• Embedding workforce planning in annual business cycles

Module 9: Implementing and Sustaining Workforce Planning
• Translating plans into workforce action
• Integrating workforce planning with HR systems and platforms
• Monitoring progress and adjusting forecasts
• Building planning capability across HR and business teams
• Continuous improvement and future-readiness strategy

Training Approach

This course will be delivered by our skilled trainers who have vast knowledge and experience as expert professionals in the fields. The course is taught in English and through a mix of theory, practical activities, group discussion and case studies. Course manuals and additional training materials will be provided to the participants upon completion of the training.

Tailor-Made Course

This course can also be tailor-made to meet organization requirement. For further inquiries, please contact us on: Email: info@skillsforafrica.org, training@skillsforafrica.org Tel: +254 702 249 449

Training Venue

The training will be held at our Skills for Africa Training Institute Training Centre. We also offer training for a group at requested location all over the world. The course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments, and buffet lunch.

Visa application, travel expenses, airport transfers, dinners, accommodation, insurance, and other personal expenses are catered by the participant

Certification

Participants will be issued with Skills for Africa Training Institute certificate upon completion of this course.

Airport Pickup and Accommodation

Airport pickup and accommodation is arranged upon request. For booking contact our Training Coordinator through Email: info@skillsforafrica.org, training@skillsforafrica.org Tel: +254 702 249 449

Terms of Payment: Unless otherwise agreed between the two parties’ payment of the course fee should be done 7 working days before commencement of the training.