What shapes your organization’s workforce planning? If your organization is like 91% of organizations, it’s headcount cost that drives decisions. That was a key finding of a new survey—Leveraging The Executive Leadership Team To Improve Workforce Planning.

After the cost of headcount, the three other factors shaping workforce plans are the ability to develop necessary skills; senior leadership needs (87%); and adapting the workforce with changing technology and customer needs (85%). Near the bottom of the list was flexibility of labor laws and availability of interim staff.

But while 89% of executives report that team member skill sets drive strategy, the analysis of those competencies seems to fall short. A third (30%) of organizations don’t map competencies to key roles and 29% report minimal or no…