Our client faced a looming shortage of skilled tradespeople due to a competitive labor market and an aging workforce nearing retirement. Without proactive workforce and succession planning, the risk of losing key skills and operational knowledge could jeopardize future productivity.
Our Work:
MasterHR developed a comprehensive workforce planning model integrating economic trends, labor market analytics, and retirement forecasts. We facilitated succession planning discussions to identify critical roles and create targeted knowledge transfer plans. The output included detailed workforce and succession planning documents that highlighted skill gaps, retirement risks, and talent pipeline strategies.
For You:
For small and medium-sized businesses, we provide tailored workforce and succession plans that prepare you for future staffing needs, protect institutional knowledge, and secure your long-term growth delivering actionable plans and clear strategies for workforce continuity.
The organization's initial turnover projections failed to account for external factors like market competition and economic shifts, leaving leadership without an accurate understanding of future skills gaps.
Our Work:
MasterHR developed a predictive workforce planning tool that incorporated eight critical factors, including economic projections, regional competition, and industry trends. This forecasting model provided a more accurate view of future hiring needs and helped refine recruitment strategies. The tool was later expanded across the company’s North American Wholesale Division.
For You:
For businesses uncertain about future hiring needs, we create custom predictive models that forecast potential skills shortages offering you clear insights and actionable recruitment strategies to proactively fill critical roles.
The business needed to plan for leadership succession across 20 locations in Canada, the U.S., and Trinidad but lacked a unified strategy to identify internal talent and prepare future leaders.
Our Work:
MasterHR led an integrated workforce and succession planning program for key leadership roles, assessing role criticality and identifying high-potential talent. We facilitated leadership development sessions and built custom development plans to ensure future readiness. The final output included a succession framework and a pipeline of future leaders, strengthening long-term leadership capacity.
For You:
We help growing businesses design succession planning strategies that identify and nurture future leader delivering customized talent development plans and clear leadership pipelines to ensure your business is prepared for long-term success.
This organization faced challenges attracting and retaining skilled workers during Alberta’s oil sands boom. Rising competition for talent and stagnant pay strategies risked driving up turnover and weakening their workforce stability.
Our Work:
MasterHR developed an annual compensation review process grounded in market data, economic trends, and financial targets. This strategy ensured Agrium’s pay rates remained competitive while aligning with operational goals. We delivered a custom compensation strategy report with market benchmarks, wage recommendations, and a repeatable annual review framework.
For You:
We help businesses create custom compensation strategies that attract top talent and control labor costs offering market analysis reports, wage recommendations, and structured compensation plans tailored to your business’s financial and operational needs
This community employed a diverse workforce to manage, operate, and service its governance and infrastructure. However, there was growing uncertainty about whether their existing compensation strategy aligned with comparable markets. This misalignment risked placing financial strain on the community, potentially compromising the long-term sustainability of its operations and economic health.
Our Work:
MasterHR conducted a comprehensive compensation evaluation of 800+ roles across 40+ job categories. We analyzed market-based, step-based, and culturally relevant pay structures, balancing fair compensation with financial sustainability. Our final deliverable included a detailed compensation benchmarking report and actionable recommendations to ensure long-term economic viability.
For You:
We help organizations develop sustainable pay strategies that balance financial health and competitive compensation—delivering market comparison reports, financial impact assessments, and practical implementation strategies tailored to your business goals.
There was a lack of a standardized reporting framework, leading to inconsistent data that hindered effective workforce planning and decision-making.
Our Work:
MasterHR implemented a comprehensive workforce reporting system with position controls and transaction auditing. Working with the organization to align on definitions, key aspects to report on, frequency of reporting, and format of the report. The resulting HR dashboard that monitored headcount, turnover, and leave management . This allowed leadership to make quicker, data-backed decisions at both site and corporate levels.
For You:
We provide custom workforce reporting frameworks that help small and medium-sized businesses gain clarity on staffing needs, reduce inefficiencies, and support informed, strategic growth delivering easy-to-understand reports and actionable insights. Giving you the tools to make faster, smarter business decisions with clear visual data outputs.
Facing a HR Information System (HRIS) that was aging out, the organization needed to upgrade from an outdated on-premise HR system while ensuring business continuity during a large-scale transition.
Our Work:
MasterHR led the seamless migration from SAP to SuccessFactors, developing training materials and ensuring full compliance. The new HRIS preserved data integrity and improved operational efficiency across global functions.
For You:
We help businesses implement or upgrade HR Information Systems (HRIS) for better efficiency and compliance. You’ll receive a customized transition plan, training guides, and ongoing support streamlining your HR processes without disrupting daily operations.
A retail food client struggled with high staff turnover and inconsistent training, making it difficult to onboard new hires quickly and effectively. Managers needed a structured system to ensure that employees were properly trained across shifts.
Our Work:
MasterHR developed a New Hire Training Passport—a practical, hands-on tool that allowed employees to track their training progress across supervisors. This ensured consistent skill development and faster onboarding.
For You:
We provide customized onboarding solutions that simplify training, ensure consistency, and boost employee confidence. You’ll receive a practical training framework, clear tracking tools, and a strategy that improves retention and customer service quality.