Jon Paul Akeo is a Senior Associate-Regional Operations Manager with Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc.  With over 35 years of human resources experience, 18 of which have been at Booz Allen Hamilton, he leads and manages the enterprise organization support functions as a business partner for the firm’s 700+ team members within their Indo-Pacific business.  As a leader within Booz Allen’s People Services and International Operations team, his overarching people and regional operations business support encompasses distanced staff and leadership spread across the continental U.S. and Indo-Pacific basin to include Australia, Singapore, South Korea, Japan, Guam, Hawaii and Alaska. 

Why is Workforce Planning Important? Workforce planning helps organizations to achieve their strategic objectives and gain a competitive advantage in the market. It involves forecasting the current and future demand and supply of talent, identifying the gaps and risks, and developing action plans to address them.  In addition, associated current budgeting and estimating future financial costs is also just as critical for workforce planning as a key component of any organization’s business growth and strategy.