Smarter, more strategic hiring with people insights

A female recruiter looking at the screen of a computer and collecting information from the graphs and charts displayed.

Article Smarter, more strategic hiring with people insights People Strategy and Planning In this article Question: In the million-miles-an-hour HR recruitment landscape that’s already awash with HCM (human capital management), HRIS (human resources information system) and ATS (applicant tracking system), do you really need another report churning resource? You might already use a HCM or […]

HR Metrics – Measuring Activities or Creating Value?

Metric dashboard contrasting activity metrics with value-based outcomes

Article HR Metrics – Measuring Activities or Creating Value? People Strategy and Planning In this article HR is no stranger to data and metrics and the most progressive of leaders in this space are now leveraging robust and holistic people analytics for powerful results – for their organizations and for themselves. To be progressive and […]

People Analytics at Work: Achieving Objectives and Realizing Outcomes [Part 2]

People analytics dashboard linking objectives to outcomes and impact

Article People Analytics at Work: Achieving Objectives and Realizing Outcomes [Part 2] People Strategy and Planning In this article Let’s move onto the doing of people analytics – metrics, segmentation and analysis/insight. We like to think of analytics within a broader context, flanked by business objectives at one end and business outcomes at the other. […]

Power Your People Analytics with Storytelling 

Data storytelling slide turning HR metrics into a clear narrative

Article Power Your People Analytics with Storytelling  People Strategy and Planning In this article In our last post, we explored the value of visualizations in bringing workforce data to life and simplifying understanding. So what comes next once we have robust people data, deeper understanding, and great visualizations? It’s time to start using people analytics to […]

Capabilities for HR Analytics Success (People)

People capabilities model for HR analytics including skills and roles

Article Capabilities for HR Analytics Success (People) People Strategy and Planning In this article In this post we explore the important role PEOPLE play in getting you to the analytics and reporting you need in HR. Learn to identify those who want to help and those who want to hinder your progress with analytics, and […]

5 Do’s and Don’ts for Effective HR Reporting

Checklist of best practices and common mistakes for HR reporting

Article 5 Do’s and Don’ts for Effective HR Reporting People Strategy and Planning In this article Three questions should be asked of any reporting that is done with a regular cadence – monthly, quarterly, annually – where you can get into the habit of “same old, same old”. The questions we posed were designed to […]

People Analytics vs Transactional Reporting: Which are you delivering?

Side-by-side comparison of people analytics versus transactional reporting

Article People Analytics vs Transactional Reporting: Which are you delivering? People Strategy and Planning In this article “HCM platforms and other HR Tech can’t deliver true people analytics on their own.True people analytics requires a data warehouse.” prefer to download as a PDF? Click image Starting in 2012, we’ve been defining People Analytics as “using both people-data […]

Capabilities for HR Analytics Success (Governance, Strategy & Focus)

Framework diagram showing governance, strategy, and focus for HR analytics

Article Capabilities for HR Analytics Success (Governance, Strategy & Focus) People Strategy and Planning In this article Wouldn’t it be great if we could just plunk in an HR analyst, build an HR analytics function, or buy a slick piece of technology, and we’d reap the rewards – capability in analytics, improved business performance, and […]

Use HR Analytics to Tell the People Story & Engage Execs

Executive-ready HR insights presented as a concise people story

Article Use HR Analytics to Tell the People Story & Engage Execs People Strategy and Planning In this article We have explored the value of visualizations in bringing workforce data to life and simplifying understanding. So what comes next once we have robust people data, great visualizations, and deeper understanding? It’s time to start using […]

Executive Scorecard: HireRoad’s Top HR Dashboards

Executive scorecard dashboard summarizing top workforce KPIs

Article Executive Scorecard: HireRoad’s Top HR Dashboards People Strategy and Planning The Executive Scorecard Similar to the Executive Dashboard, but more granular and tabular in nature (to work better for those left-brained executives). The Executive Scorecard provides an at-a-glance snapshot of your organization from a people-perspective and provides HR leaders with more point-in-time numbers. This […]