HRadio: Human capital planning for an uncertain future

One novel aspect of the current economic downturn has been the way employers are managing workforce reductions, abandoning across-the-board actions in favor of more narrowly tailored, strategic cuts aimed at preserving talent for the return of better economic times. Richard Klein of HRadio met with Steve Gross of Mercer’s Philadelphia office to discuss challenges employers face in balancing workforce productivity with expense control, and to review results of a Mercer survey on how organizations are approaching human capital planning in today’s economy.  (Podcast, 15 Sep 2009)

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• Balancing short-term workforce cost savings with long-term results (Mercer, 2009)
• Human capital planning 2010: Resetting the talent and rewards agenda (PDF)