AGILE WORKFORCE

An _ _ _ _ _ workforce strategy is one that mixes full-time, part-time, and contingent workers, along with other flexible strategies that encourage workers (both old and prospective) to be constantly engaged with your company.

Three Benefits of an agile workforce:

• Cost savings

• Make People Awesome

• Instant scalability

• Quickly fill skills gaps

Finding the right full-time workers is only expensive, and not a long process.

• False

• True

A survey from McKinsey found that, due to increased automation and digitization, % of US executives believe they will need to retrain or replace more than a quarter of their workforce by 2023.

• 16

• 64

• 61

• 46

Four Principles of Modern Agile

• Make People Awesome

• Deliver Value Continuously

• Make Safety a Prerequisite

• Quickly fill skills gaps

• Experiment and Learn Rapidly

 

Attributes of Agile Workforce

I. Goal-Driven

II. Open to Use New Technology

III. Be flexible

IV. Dedication to a Culture of Learning and Trust

V. Flexibility

VI. Creativity

VII. Performance-Driven

VIII. Impeccable Change Management

• I., II., III., IV., V., VI., VII., and VIII.

• I., II., III., IV., V., and VIII only.

• I., II., IV., V., VI., VII., and VIII only.

• I., II., III., IV., and V., only.

Generic processes may provide insight, and they are likely to help an organization to achieve its goals.

• True

• False

The agile approach is only designed to be fixed to one specific time period.

• False

• True

The aim of workforce planning is not to create a workforce plan; the aim of workforce planning is to create the right workforce to deliver the desired business outcomes.

• False

• True

_ means that they want to work on their terms, at their appointed time and at their desired place