About the Episode

On this week's episode, Ali sits down with Debbie Plager, an Organizational Strategist and Executive Coach at The Plager Group, a strategy consulting and executive coaching firm that works with individuals, teams, and organizations. Debbie is passionate about driving sustainable business results through people-centric strategies and change management to make a true difference.

Expect to learn the biggest challenge with organizational alignment, workforce planning best practices, how HR-finance collaboration can drive business success, and much more!

Resources Mentioned

The Plagergroup - https://www.theplagergroup.com/about/

Debbie's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/dsplager/

Show Notes & Timestamps

[00:00 ] Introduction

[02:07 ] How to solve the problem of organizational alignment

[06:02 ] The power of early employee involvement

[12:08 ] When faced with a lack of decision-making at the top

[15:51 ] Can finance and HR really get along?

[19:40 ] How to get HR and finance to speak the same language

[22:14 ] The best way to announce the closing down of an organization

[27:23 ] What is workforce planning, and why it's important

[31:30 ] Keep your workforce planning efforts up to date

[33:40 ] The Star Model for org alignment

[40:55 ] The future of HR in a world of AI

[44:50 ] Debbie's message to all HR practitioners

[45:17 ] Parting thoughts