As thoughts turn to economic recovery and business planning for 2010, organizations face a crucial decision: Whether to restore cuts and changes to their human capital programs and policies – essentially reverting to “business as usual” – or to carve a new path going forward.

Today’s dramatically – perhaps permanently – changed business environment offers organizations the perfect opportunity to reset the baseline – taking a fresh look at the talent they have, the talent they need, and how to engage and reward their talent in the pursuit of organizational goals.

For this reason, human capital planning is moving to the forefront of business planning for 2010.

Mercer is well-equipped to guide organizations through the planning process, which is likely to be especially challenging amid the ongoing economic uncertainty. Our “Human capital planning 2010” solutions provide a sound and strategic framework for assessing an organization’s unique human capital needs and challenges and developing a human capital strategy that will best support business goals.

Considering the options

Organizations can approach human capital planning in one of two ways:

Take a comprehensive view that looks at your overall human capital strategy and how you can “reset” your human capital agenda for 2010 and beyond.

Focus on specific issues that are most relevant as your organization. We’ve highlighted five issues that provide a good starting point for human capital planning and can lead to consideration of a broader, strategic view.

Addressing the challenge - Insights from Mercer leadership

View these videos featuring two of Mercer’s human capital business leaders.