The impact of workforce planning with Jade Christie
Description
In this episode, Jade Christie, Director of Workforce Planning at Lululemon, discusses the importance of workforce planning in a rapidly growing organization. She emphasizes the need for a strong partnership between workforce planning and financial planning and analysis (FP&A) to ensure accurate and actionable data. Jade also highlights the value of seeking to be approximately right rather than precisely wrong and the importance of asking the right questions to drive meaningful insights. The conversation emphasizes the art and science of workforce planning and the impact it has on employee engagement and decision-making.
00:00 Introduction and Welcome
01:34 Introducing Jade Christie and Her Role at Lululemon
08:18 The Importance of Workforce Planning in a Rapidly Growing Organization
15:08 Partnerships and Stakeholders in Workforce Planning
20:49 The Partnership Between Workforce Planning and FP&A
25:10 The Art of Workforce Planning: Being Approximately Right
28:36 Asking the Right Questions for Actionable Insights
31:21 The Impact of Workforce Planning on Employee Engagement
33:17 Summary and Closing Remarks
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