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
Questions to Ask Yourself to Know If Your HR Is Adding Value
Note: This article is drawn from the book Human Resources Changes the World by Glenn G Jones What’s stopping HR from moving forward as a value-added must … 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 to Know Which Jobs Should Be Automated
To capture the full potential of integrating automation into the workplace, leaders need to understand its impact on work and the organization. All too … Read more
Do You Need All the Office Space You Have?
A Gallup survey found that in 2016 43% of Americans worked outside the office at least part of the time. The same report found that jobs with flexible … Read more
Zero-Base Your Way to Tomorrow’s Workforce
Disruption is pushing companies to rethink their business as a matter of survival. By one analysis 75% of the S&P 500 will be replaced in the next 10 … Read more
Marketing Can Teach You How to Improve Engagement
The two most valuable assets in any business are actually the same thing. Humans. Our customers and our employees. Yet, in most companies there is a huge … Read more
Is Commuting Becoming the New Healthcare?
There is dissonance between the causes of employee attrition and the actions companies are taking to address it. HR departments, in particular, have yet to … Read more
Get Ready For the Coming Human-Enhanced Workplace
When Pierre LeGrand says to a room full of HR people, “I want to postulate that we are the architects of a new age organism of interconnected … Read more
3 Ways You Can Make Headcount Reports a Powerful Tool
A simple tally of employees should be shared without controversy, but when an HR executive presents the headcount report during the monthly P&L meeting … Read more
Society Is Changing What the Future of Work Will Be Like. Are You Prepared?
I tend to have a somewhat cynical view toward predictions about human capital management (HCM). This is because the fundamental challenges facing HCM … Read more
HR 101: A Brief Guide to Developing a Recruitment Content Strategy
For many recruiters, digital content is nothing more than a vehicle for SEO. And for some, “strategy” means simply dumping keywords into … Read more
What You Can Do to Reduce the Risk of a Shooting
Note: Seconds after being officially terminated, Gary Martin opened fire killing 5 people, including the HR manager, an HR intern and the plant manager at … 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
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
Change Management Is a Strategic Skill HR Must Master
Workforce planning is vital to any organization’s future, but the increased speed and continuous nature of organizational change puts additional pressure … Read more
This Can Be Your Best of Times If You Look Ahead Strategically
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. This is the first line in Charles Dickens famous novel A Tale of Two Cities. It is probably the most … Read more
Beat the Competition With a Rapid Talent Allocation Plan
Rapid talent allocation could be HR’s ticket to the proverbial “seat at the table.” According to a recent McKinsey & Company survey, being fast or very … Read more
Before You Do Another Annual Engagement Survey, Do Something Different
Engagement can mean a lot of different things, but in analytics, it tends to mean the data one gets from an annual engagement survey. Engagement surveys … Read more