Workforce planning
Forecast skills demand and plan acquisition + development to meet it.
Workforce planning, talent, L&D, wellbeing, inclusion. CIPD-aligned people decisions.
What you'll decide
KPIs you'll manage
Skills you'll build
Every Boardroom builds People & HR Management judgment AND the universal decision-making skills below.
People & HR Management skills
Forecast skills demand and plan acquisition + development to meet it.
Decide between internal promotion, external hire, and contractor across roles.
Diagnose what's driving attrition and act before it becomes a crisis.
Embed diversity and inclusion into hiring, development, and culture decisions.
Mediate between people, manager, and organisational interests fairly.
Align pay, benefits, and recognition with motivation and retention goals.
Plus universal Boardroom skills
Spot flawed reasoning even when it comes from a confident expert.
Verify AI output rather than trust it by default — the wrong advisor mechanic IS AI-verification training.
Articulate why you made the call under time pressure, not just what you decided.
Judge decisions across cost, quality, schedule, safety, brand — not just one KPI.
Tell hard news to clients, regulators, and teams without losing credibility.
Hold duties to the public, the firm, and the profession when they pull in different directions.
Frameworks & terminology referenced
Scenarios
Hand-picked anchor dilemmas. Click to preview or request the full build.
Your top candidate has 18 months unexplained unemployment in their CV. They're brilliant in interview. Hire on probation, ask directly for context, or move to the second-choice candidate?
Quarterly survey: engagement dropped 22% in one team. The manager denies any issues. Run skip-level interviews, bring in an HR business partner, or wait for the next survey cycle?
The leader you promoted 18 months ago is underperforming. Team morale is declining. Coaching investment (£40k, 6 months), demote (signals failure), or terminate (HR risk)?
Board mandated 15% headcount reduction in 12 weeks. Voluntary redundancy first (slower), compulsory by performance ranking (fast, brutal), or function-level restructure (organisational change)?
Also available as a Standard Sim
Multi-team People & HR simulation. CIPD-aligned. Workforce, talent, wellbeing decisions under live events.
Industry settings
Industry context
The decision categories and vocabulary used in our People & HR Management dilemmas are informed by the kinds of topics widely covered in these frameworks. Students preparing for chartership or apprenticeship pathways often find the format useful as independent practice material.
Note: MyEdMentor is independent simulation content. We are not endorsed by, accredited by, or affiliated with any of the named bodies. Their names are referenced here to describe content overlap only.
Player feedback
Anonymous post-play ratings from the last 12 months. Public rating shows 4★ and 5★ responses.
4.9
out of 5
Excellent
156 players rated their Boardroom
In their words
“Amazing simulation, Proper use of the brain. :)”
“Excellent decision-making”
Earn
Each Boardroom ends with a credibility score and badges that share to LinkedIn.
🕵️
Detective
Caught every wrong advisor.
🗣️
Sage
Strong rationales for every decision.
📊
Strategist
All decisions correct.
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Promoted
Hit credibility 70+. Level up.
For educators & L&D teams
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