Beyond Buyouts and RIFs: A More Effective Approach to Workforce Management

On April 12, the Office of Management and Budget issued a memorandum requiring agencies to develop plans to reduce their workforces. This has led many agencies to search in their talent management toolkit for help.

The usual tools employed—reductions in force, Voluntary Early Retirement Authority/Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments, and managed attrition—are being dusted off. But federal executives can do themselves a favor by turning to two neglected talent management tools: data analytics and mobility programs. When combined together, they can help agencies manage workforce reductions in the most effective way.

I say this from experience… (For more, click here.)

Do you agree with the author’s contention that data analytics and mobility programs will do more than RIF, VERA, and VSIP to help agencies develop workforce plans? How  does your agency use analytics to in their HR strategy and planning processes?

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