The Headcount Experts
A Podcast on Headcount Excellence
Helping you build an exceptional headcount process, one episode at a time.
World-class workforce management & headcount planning strategies are out there. This podcast delivers them straight to your inbox.
The Headcount Experts consolidates 40 combined years of workforce planning experience from the biggest companies in the world. In each episode, you’ll gain valuable insight into how processes are built and how you can make that success your own.
About the hosts
Eric Guidice and Chris Mannion are ex-operators from Fortune 500 companies who turned their workforce planning & headcount management playbook into industry leading software solutions
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How AI is Redefining the Finance and Headcount Playbook
Traditional workforce planning is dying. Reed Gilbert, CFO at Reprise, reveals how he utilizes AI to compress months of financial modeling into minutes and why he’s trading headcount budget for AI tokens. If you want to understand how to increase your ARR per employee and build a hyper-productive, lean team that outpaces the competition, this is a must-listen.
Using Headcount Data to Secure a Promotion
Most people think a promotion is a reward for doing your current job well, but the reality is much more strategic. In this episode, we go behind the curtain of executive calibration meetings to show you how to use headcount data as a lever for career growth. Discover why performance is only half the battle and how "potential" is measured through the lens of data, communication, and business impact.
Incorporating Headcount Data in Your Dashboards
Move beyond static reporting by applying human-factors design to your data. This episode reveals how to build persona-based dashboards that align recruiting velocity with financial headcount targets, ensuring your data signals critical risks before they impact company revenue
Headcount Data is a New Dataset
Headcount plans generate a unique, evolving data set through the constant changes created during execution. Whether it’s shifting finance targets or hiring manager reshuffles, extracting insights from this variance allows Finance and TA leaders to eliminate stale data, hit current targets with precision, and build high-fidelity workforce plans for the future
Headcount Execution and Finance
Master headcount execution by bridging the gap between annual planning and monthly delivery. Learn the five-step operational loop—including snapshot mapping, prioritization frameworks, and capacity-demand matching—to ensure your recruiting team meets business goals with credibility and data-driven precision.
How to Build a Recruiting Capacity Model (part 2)
Transition from reactive hiring to proactive business planning by adopting a "People Supply Chain" model that quantifies capacity and attrition in real-time.
How to Build a Recruiting Capacity Model (part 1)
In this episode, Eric Guidice and Chris Mannion unpack key inputs to making capacity work and why predictable hiring requires more than just adding recruiters.
Managing Stakeholder Dynamics in Headcount Planning
This episode explains how every stakeholder, from Finance to HRBPs to hiring managers, shapes the headcount plan, and why data, ROI, and communication determine whether planning succeeds or collapses.
Metrics, Data & Analytics Unique to the Headcount Dataset
When headcount analytics are constrained on spreadsheets, forecasts fail, NPS drops & costs rise. Hear how our experience shaped the way software revolutionizes this part of the business.