Does your department proactively follow a strategic plan that aligns with the vision, mission and goals of your organization? Or is the HR team just trying to keep up with the never-ending demands from other areas in the business? In order to contribute successfully to business outcomes, you must play an integral role in the strategic planning process, by translating the strategic direction into the right initiatives and providing input on HR-related issues, to ensure that plans are practical from the start. This interactive session will present an overview of strategic planning essentials, and share best practices, common pitfalls and a straight-forward model to plan HR goals, initiatives and activities that are in sync with the organization’s goals. You will learn to develop a vision, mission and broad goals for the HR function and practice planning for each step in the model.