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
