Conference Workshops
Mid Conference A or Post Conference B or Post Conference C

Monday 21st September 2009
5:30 – 9:00

Mid-conference Workshop A
The Essential Nature of Leadership in Workforce Planning

 This workshop will allow participants to explore how leadership contributes to effective workforce planning outcomes. The workshop will analyse:
  • The importance of engaging and aligning senior executives to ensure a common understanding of the key strategic workforce planning issues
  • Leadership and management skills required by workforce planners and how to connect stakeholders across the organisation
  • The importance of workforce planning data and systems to ensure that risks can be identified and managed
  • The role that workforce planners need to play in aligning systems, policies and behaviours across their organisation.
This workshop is suited to people who are responsible for delivering workforce planning outcomes. The workshop will draw upon participants’ experiences providing greater insights into the leadership dimensions of workforce planning.

About your workshop leader
 Mr Tony Wallace CSC, Director, Strategic Workforce Planning, Department of Defence has extensive workforce planning experience, and is a distinguished graduate from the United States Naval Postgraduate School in Manpower Systems Analysis. Previously, he spent three years as the Director of Workforce Modelling, Forecasting and Analysis within the Department of Defence.






Wednesday 23 September 2009
9:00 - 4:00

Post-Conference Workshop B
Measuring and Monitoring Workforce Planning

The workshop will provide training on:
  • Evidenced based workforce planning – getting the numbers right or as close as you can
  • Methods for succession planning
  • Measuring risk assessment of workforce supply
  • Identifying workforce supply options • Workforce development strategies
  • Measuring and monitoring workforce planning and workforce development outcomes
  • Integrating workforce planning into your business planning cycle

About your workshop leader
 Julie Sloan, Director Julie Sloan Management Pty. Ltd.(JSM), and Director, Workforce Planning Australia Pty.Ltd., (WPA) is regarded as one of the most experienced specialist workforce planners in Australia.
She has worked at all levels of Government – Commonwealth, State Government (all), Local Government, in the corporate and private Sector, and in the not-for-profit sector internationally & nationally.






Wednesday 23 September 2009
9:00 - 4:00

Post-Conference Workshop C
How to Make Workforce Planning Work

This workshop covers how to implement workforce planning and gives the tools and techniques to overcome common planning issues and challenges.

This workshop is designed for HR Executives responsible for workforce planning processes or for experienced workforce planners looking to make workforce planning more effective.

Delegates will be able to:

  • Manage the implementation of workforce planning projects
  • Identify key information for workforce plans
  • Gain managerial buy in
  • Communicate the importance of workforce planning to manager
  • Gain the resources and budget necessary for implementation
About your workshop leaders
 Wendy Morison, General Manager, Strategic Alliances and Academy, Info HRM, recently commenced a new role for Infohrm that focuses on developing strategic business initiatives, including. She has extensive experience in workforce planning and strategic human capital initiatives.

Karen Blanchford, Senior Consultant, info HRM, brings diverse experience within business development, strategy and planning. She has operated as a Business Partner, HR Manager and consultant across strategic and generalist HR.