Leveraging HRBPs: The Engine Behind Year-Round Workforce Planning - Workforce Planning & Readiness Exchange
For many organizations, the priority is strengthening how workforce planning happens in practice, especially the role HR business partners (HRBPs) play as strategic thought partners. When HRBPs are fully embedded alongside business leaders, finance, and talent acquisition, workforce planning becomes more proactive, data-informed, and aligned to real business constraints.
Gain insights into how HRBPs can influence decisions, interpret workforce analytics, challenge assumptions, and help leaders scenario plan.
Together, we’ll explore:
- How HRBPs partner with finance, talent acquisition, and business leaders to create proactive workforce planning “four-legged stool” models
- Practical ways HRBPs use workforce data and analytics to surface risk, forecast gaps, and influence decisions
- What it takes to equip HRBPs with the business acumen, consultative confidence, and tools to lead readiness conversations
Join this dynamic session with Tom Stone, i4cp Senior Research Analyst, alongside Workforce Planning & Readiness Member Leads Pamela Sullivan (HealthPoint), Rob Major (RTX), Karen Adamson (Gilead), and Jamie Thompson (Gilead), with additional member spotlights sharing real-world applications and lessons learned.
Member Spotlight
Rob Major, PhD
, Director-Workforce Planning with RTX, joins as our Member Spotlight. He has over 15 years of experience building people analytics and workforce planning COEs across several industries including biotechnology, aerospace & defense, healthcare, utility, and non-profit. Rob is an i4cp Workforce Planning & Readiness Exchange Member Lead.
In this session, Rob will share how RTX has operationalized workforce planning by embedding HRBPs as strategic connectors between business, finance, and talent, turning planning into a continuous, action-oriented discipline. He’ll highlight what it takes to move from theory to execution, including how HRBPs use data, influence decisions, and bridge long-term strategy with day-to-day workforce actions.
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