On this week's episode, Ali sits down with Debbie Plager, an Organizational Strategist and Executive Coach at The Plager Group, a strategy consulting and executive coaching firm that works with individuals, teams, and organizations. Debbie is passionate about driving sustainable business results through people-centric strategies and change management to make a true difference.

Expect to learn the biggest challenge with organizational alignment, workforce planning best practices, how HR-finance collaboration can drive business success, and much more!

About the Episode

On this week's episode, Ali sits down with Debbie Plager, an Organizational Strategist and Executive Coach at The Plager Group, a strategy consulting and executive coaching firm that works with individuals, teams, and organizations. Debbie is passionate about driving sustainable business results through people-centric strategies and change management to make a true difference.

Expect to learn the biggest challenge with organizational alignment, workforce planning best practices, how HR-finance collaboration can drive business success, and much more!

Resources Mentioned

The Plagergroup - https://www.theplagergroup.com/about/

Debbie's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/dsplager/

Show Notes & Timestamps

[00:00] Introduction

[02:07] How to solve the problem of organizational alignment

[06:02] The power of early employee involvement

[12:08] When faced with a lack of decision-making at the top

[15:51] Can finance and HR really get along?

[19:40] How to get HR and finance to speak the same language

[22:14] The best way to announce the closing down of an organization

[27:23] What is workforce planning, and why it's important

[31:30] Keep your workforce planning efforts up to date

[33:40] The Star Model for org alignment

[40:55] The future of HR in a world of AI

[44:50] Debbie's message to all HR practitioners

[45:17] Parting thoughts