The goal of a people analytics team should be to promote decisions informed by facts. Too often the goal seems to be to do sophisticated analytics for … Read more
Analytics Can Help You Optimize Your Comp Plan In Ways No Survey Can
No field in HR is more numbers driven than compensation, yet it seems to be an area the people analytics team usually overlooks. There is an opportunity … Read more
Analytics Automation Improves HR’s Impact
A couple of decades ago, few business departments had regular access to analytics. However, over time, most business functions have significantly evolved. … Read more
Analytics Can Make Your Branding Campaign More Effective
It’s evident that emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data analytics are driving digital transformation within … Read more
When They Say ‘Just Give Me Everything,’ Don’t
One overlooked part of analytics that I’ve had to introduce to organizations is the idea that leaders need to be good consumers of data. What it takes to … Read more
Do You Know the Difference Between Analyzing and Reporting?
What are analytics and how are they different from reports? Simply summed up: “Reports provide data; analytics provide insight,” which is true, but not … Read more
How L&D Can Have a Bigger Business Impact
Leadership development can produce some surprising behavior. I encountered this phenomenon several years ago when I was VP of learning for a growing SaaS … Read more
In Big Data, Small Findings Can Have a Big Impact. Or Not
In HR analytics we are often so eager to discover something significant in the data that we hesitate to think about the impact of the finding. For example, … Read more
Don’t Be Afraid of Poor Analytics
If you’ve taken any analytics or statistics courses, you’ll have been bombarded with cautions about how analytics can go wrong. For example: Random … Read more
Data Has a Powerful Role In Promoting C-Level Collaboration
“What can you do to increase collaboration between HR and other leaders?” That question was asked of Peter Navin, SVP of employee experience at Grand … Read more