Australian Multi-Utility Company Chooses eQ8 to Enable Workforce Readiness to Meet Net Zero Emissions

Objectives & Challenges

To forecast future workforce requirements based on the company's growth plans, changes in the industry, and technological advancements. Build a Strategic Workforce Planning process to ensure composition of the workforce aligns with the company's strategic objectives.

The Solution

eQ8 was engaged to help accelerate SWP capability and capacity, while creating a long-term view across core but distinct business units. eQ8 worked with stakeholders across the business to build future workforce views that responded to the shifting structural challenges within the energy sector. eQ8 was required to build out an internal maturity plan that supported the internal capability uplift of resources, enabling long-term ownership of SWP.

Why eQ8:

• Philosophy

  Accelerated the maturity and adoption of SWP through the delivery of targeted training and capability uplift across internal resources, enabling velocity in building plans.

• Process

  Implemented processes to start embedding SWP into broader financial and business planning processes, proactively aligning cross-functionally and capture the workforce implications of business decisions.

• Planning

  Leveraged our market leading technology, matching external and internal data to identify high-risk roles that require targeted actions for risk mitigation, critical to achieving their core business objectives.