Corpus delicti, known as “no body, no crime,” is commonly defined as “the substantial and fundamental fact necessary to prove the commission of a crime.” … Read more
Don’t Rely on HR Analytics to Tell a Story
Analytics is all about aggregates. We look at the behavior of many employees and summarize it in single numbers such as “cases of misconduct,” “average … Read more
HR Famous: Why HR Generalists Are Winning During Covid-19 & Salesforce Parental Leave
In episode 29 of The HR Famous Podcast, long-time HR leaders (and friends) Tim Sackett, Kris Dunn, and Jessica Lee discuss how HR generalists are rapidly … Read more
The Rap on HR (Literally, a Rap)
How can HR balance being perceived as both the “culture keepers” and “the police”? In her DisruptHR New York talk, HR consultant … 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
Technology Won’t Make You Like Meetings, But It Will Make You Pay Attention
Every team meets. Most run their meetings the same way their grandparents and their grandparents’ grandparents did. Meeting records predating the … Read more
Building a Business Case For HR Programs Is As Easy As PIE
Here’s the most important business finance formula you’ll ever need: P=I-E. Don’t you just wish the HR business was as easy as pie! It … Read more
HR Resolutions From the Cincinnati Roundtable
The beginning of every year always pushes people to make resolutions to hopefully improve themselves in one way or another. The (Cincinnati) HR Roundtable … Read more
Avoid Buyer’s Remorse With This Checklist For HR Tech
There is an increasing trend within the business world to incorporate technology — especially AI-enabled — that can provide a competitive edge … Read more
It’s No Longer About Getting a Seat at the Table. Tomorrow’s CHROs Need to Lead Business Change
Pittsburgh-based Highmark Health generates some $19 billion in annual revenues and employs about 50,000 people across the nation. The healthcare company … Read more
You Can Build An HR Department Without HR People
What do you look for when you’re hiring for an HR opening? A person with HR experience and a SPHR or CEBS or a SHRM-SCP? If those are your criteria, … Read more
HR, We Have A Problem: Up To 80% Of Employees Don’t Trust Us
Editor’s Note: It’s an annual tradition for TLNT to count down the most popular posts of the previous 12 months. We’re reposting each of the top 30 … Read more
Data Journalism for HR: A Beginner’s Guide
For the average person, data without a narrative is like a trip into the wilderness without a compass: overwhelming and disorienting. But when the facts … Read more
It’s Not Complicated. HR Is About the People
Andrea Butcher thinks we’ve over-complicated HR. “We’re making tools and processes for the business and not for people,” Butcher … Read more
5 Ways CFOs and CHROs Can Drive Performance Together
There’s been plenty written on the differences between the “people side” and the “numbers side” of business, and yet organizations with a high level of … Read more
Everyone’s Got HR Metrics. It’s What You Do With Them That Matters
When Google Analytics debuted in 2005, the ability to look under the hood, and see who was viewing your website (and for how long), was all at once foreign … Read more
4 Steps to Becoming a Valued Business Partner
What if you could speak a language understood by everyone in the world? What, you say. There is no such language. Ashley Vella, an Amazon HR business … Read more
Smart Hiring Can Keep Your Startup From Failure
Research suggests that about 75% of venture-backed tech startups fail to thrive. Only slightly over half of all new businesses survive five years. I didn’t … Read more
6 Steps for Making Smart Decisions With Wearables Data
Several years ago, data gathered from sociometric badges (wearable devices equipped with sensors) revealed something interesting about the Bank of … Read more
Make Sure There’s a Business Purpose Before You Jump
It may be true that the average line manager is more data-savvy than the average HR manager, but that doesn’t mean they have a clue about how to approach … Read more