Late Morning Q&A – Planning & Performance
Late Morning Q&A – Planning & Performance
Where planning, right-sizing and workforce metrics meet real decisions
This Q&A brings together three practitioners who have each built planning, right-sizing and performance frameworks under real pressure. They will compare how they aligned HR, Finance and business teams, which techniques delivered the most value, and where they would now invest next. Expect candid reflections on handling resistance, addressing data limitations and simplifying models for leaders. You will come away with practical guidance for sharpening planning decisions in your own organisation.
This session explores
- Balancing planning, right-sizing and workforce metrics for business value.
- Managing resistance and data gaps in planning initiatives.
- Choosing where to invest next across analytics, modelling or enablement.
- Designing planning methods leaders can use without complexity.
Learning outcomes
- Understand how scenario planning and right-sizing decisions connect in practice.
- Learn how practitioners addressed resistance, data gaps and slow adoption.
- Identify planning or measurement techniques you can adopt quickly.
- Clarify where investment in analytics or modelling delivers the most value.
25 February 2026
12:20-12:35 CET
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Why this matters
Organisations across Europe face tight labour markets, cost pressure and rising expectations for financial discipline. HR and People Analytics leaders are under pressure to connect planning, performance and workforce decisions in a way leaders trust. Understanding how practitioners have balanced trade-offs and delivered credible, decision-ready insight is now commercially essential.