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Workforce Planning and HR Metrics

Turn headcount decisions into a data driven discipline rather than a once a year guess. Delegates build workforce demand and supply models, calculate turnover, vacancy and cost per hire metrics, and design an HR dashboard that a chief executive will actually read, all pitched against the realities of scarce skills and high youth unemployment in South Africa.

What you will be able to do

  • Build a workforce demand and supply model for a business unit.
  • Calculate turnover, vacancy, absenteeism and cost per hire metrics accurately.
  • Segment the workforce by criticality, risk and scarcity of skill.
  • Design an HR dashboard that links workforce data to business outcomes.
  • Forecast future headcount and skills needs against a three year strategy.
  • Present workforce risk findings to executive and board level stakeholders.

Course outline

  1. 01Foundations of strategic workforce planning
  2. 02Demand and supply modelling techniques
  3. 03Core HR metrics and definitions
  4. 04Turnover, retention and cost analysis
  5. 05Skills scarcity and critical role mapping
  6. 06Building HR dashboards and reports
  7. 07Scenario planning for growth and contraction
  8. 08Communicating workforce risk to leadership

Who should attend

HR managers, workforce planners, HR business partners and people analytics specialists responsible for headcount and skills planning.

Dates, venues and fees

DatesVenueDaysFeeCalendar
17 to 19 Aug 2026Accra3US$1,500
24 to 26 Aug 2026Lusaka3US$1,500
31 Aug to 2 Sep 2026Kigali3US$1,500
7 to 9 Sep 2026Nairobi3US$1,500
14 to 16 Sep 2026Durban3R13,000
21 to 23 Sep 2026Johannesburg3R13,000
5 to 7 Oct 2026Mauritius3US$1,500
12 to 14 Oct 2026Dubai3US$1,500
19 to 21 Oct 2026Lagos3US$1,500
26 to 28 Oct 2026Harare3US$1,500
2 to 4 Nov 2026Kampala3US$1,500
9 to 11 Nov 2026Dar es Salaam3US$1,500
16 to 18 Nov 2026Pretoria3R13,000
23 to 25 Nov 2026Cape Town3R13,000
7 to 9 Dec 2026Online3US$900
14 to 16 Dec 2026Mozambique3US$1,500
21 to 23 Dec 2026Cairo3US$1,500

Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.

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