Workforce

Organizations today face increasing complexity and risk driven by cross-border operations, diverse employment models, and contingent workforces—making employment and payroll compliance more challenging than ever. Our global network of employment tax and payroll specialists provides proactive, end-to-end support — helping you navigate evolving regulations, optimize employment tax costs, and strengthen compliance and governance.

Leaders face complex people challenges — from skills shortages to economic uncertainty and rapid technological change — making talent a key strategic priority. To stay ahead, HR must evolve into a strategic architect, designing talent strategies that drive resilience and enable a future-ready organization.

We guide you through every phase of the organization design process, enabling you to unlock sustainable, long-term value for your business.

Data-driven people analytics reveal what’s working and what isn’t, eliminating guesswork across workforce planning, talent, employee engagement, and mobility. It enables organizations to proactively manage people risks, align employees with the right roles, and drive greater productivity and cost efficiency.

Our Global People in Deals team helps you unlock deal value people-focused diligence—assessing workforce dynamics, benefits, and future organization design to inform buy and sell decisions. By combining industry strategy, HR, analytics and technology expertise across our network, we deliver tailored, data driven solutions that drive strategic value and support effective post deal execution.

We provide independent, objective advice on the design and execution of tailored pension strategies, helping you and your trustees effectively manage costs while mitigating risk.

As workforce expectations and operating models evolve, organizations must rethink how they attract, reward, and sustain talent while optimizing costs and returns. We help you redesign reward and performance frameworks that are competitive, cost-effective, and aligned with changing the future of work.

Understanding workforce risks is essential to building trust and solving problems in an environment shaped by disruption, global uncertainty, and changing societal expectations. We help you identify these risks and turn them into opportunities, enabling intelligence-led investment decisions that drive resilience and give you a competitive edge.

As digital work and automation reshape roles, effective resource allocation becomes critical. We help you understand the implications of automation, evolving skills, and employee lifecycle needs—enabling you to identify, develop, and motivate adaptable, innovative talent equipped to address current and future business challenges.

Operating model

• Organization structure
• Organization roles, accountabilities, and decision rights
• Management processes
• Performance management
  

Talent planning

• Job architecture Sourcing strategy
• Leadership planning
• Strategic workforce planning
• Diversity and inclusion
  

Learning and upskilling

• Leadership development
• Workforce development and capability
• Upskilling / reskilling
  

Employee experience

• Meaningful work
• Leadership experience
• Organization experience
• Technology experience
• Workplace experience
  

Work environment

• Portfolio strategy
• Labor market analytics
• Work environment
• Technology and mobility
• Facilities, construction management, and operations
  

With megatrends redefining how businesses operate, skills are emerging as the true currency of the workforce. While organizations focus on cost efficiency, productivity gains, and digital transformation, technology alone isn’t enough. Value is unlocked when people are equipped with the right skills, culture, and behaviors. Investing in a resilient and adaptable workforce is critical to achieving sustainable, long-term growth.