Nick Kemsley

Building SWP capability in your people - Henley Business School Finland

Building SWP capability in your people

  • 15 Feb 2021
In my previous articles, I have discussed approaches to, and positioning of, strategic workforce planning (SWP). Of the three main barriers to driving business value through SWP, these are the…
SWP: Its vital role in decoding & focusing your EVP

SWP: Its vital role in decoding & focusing your EVP

  • 20 Jan 2021
Continuing my series of articles relating to Strategic Workforce Planning (SWP) application and practice, I want to discuss in this article the inseparable relationship between SWP and Employer Value Proposition…
SWP: The 5 mistakes to avoid - Henley Business School Finland

SWP: another HR process or just part of how good businesses plan?

  • 7 Jan 2021
In this article, I want to focus on the fundamental question of positioning strategic workforce planning (SWP). Getting this wrong can make the difference between generating engagement and support for…
Kicking off SWP in your organisation - Henley Business School Finland

Kicking off SWP in your organisation

  • 8 Dec 2020
How do you get started with SWP?  My own view is that 80% of the success or failure of strategic workforce planning (SWP) is decided in the first 10% of…
SWP: The 5 mistakes to avoid - Henley Business School Finland

SWP โ€“ The 5 mistakes to avoid

  • 18 Nov 2020
Strategic workforce planning (SWP) remains a largely under-exploited opportunity for both the enabling and de-risking of business strategy execution and the establishment of HR as a key strategic partner. I…
COVID recovery through SWP - Henley Business School Finland

COVID recovery โ€“ Strategic workforce planning can help you right now, not just tomorrow

  • 2 Nov 2020
As organisations of all kinds all around the globe are pulling out all the stops to manage through the current crisis, there is a wholly understandable focus on short term business continuity...
Strategic HR: How to promote growth - Henley Business School Finland

Strategic HR โ€“ How to promote growth

  • 9 Oct 2019
Iโ€™ve spent around 20 years now working in the space termed โ€œStrategic HRโ€ โ€“ from a practitioner, academic and consulting perspective. In this time, and through these different lenses, I…
Employee wellbeing and resilience - Henley Business School Finland

The value of employee wellbeing and resilience

  • 3 Jan 2018
When undertaking some recent research into the world of talent management, one of the things that stood out was the changing nature of the relationship between employee and employer. Organisations…