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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Featured Episode
| Podcast Metadata Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Podcast Series | The Headcount Experts |
| Episode Number | Episode #19 |
| Episode Title | TA Data for Workforce Planning |
| Speaker 1 (Host) | Chris Mannion - Ex-Global Head, Talent Acquisition Process Innovation at Meander |
| Speaker 2 (Host) | Eric Guidice - Ex-Head of Recruiting at headcount365 |
| Special Guest | Ian Jones - VP Talent Acquisition & People at HackerOne |
Missed an episode? Catch up on past conversations about headcount, hiring, and workforce planning.
People-Led AI Transformation with Bryan Hong
An operational breakdown of how a recruiting leader turned forward-deployed AI engineer automated G&A workflows. FP&A and People leaders will examine technical frameworks for replacing volatile LLM prompts with deterministic code execution. Listeners will acquire concrete methodologies for building point-based capacity models that directly inform executive headcount strategy.
Build or Buy: Should You Create Your Own AI Headcount Tool?
Before you build your headcount planning process in Claude, you need to know where AI-built models break. Eric Guidice and Chris Mannion lay out the requirements of a defensible headcount process, and a framework for deciding when to build with AI and when to buy software.
Headcount Data can make or break your QBR
In a market where profit-to-productivity ratios are under intense scrutiny, this post provides the framework for diagnosing organizational inefficiencies before they become fatal to the bottom line. Headcount is no longer the bottleneck to adding productivity.