HR Digest

JUNE 24, 2023

At its core, HR analytics is the systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of HR data to extract meaningful insights. Instead of relying on intuition or anecdotal evidence, HR professionals can use data to make informed choices that align with organizational goals. What is HR Analytics?

Metrics 98

Metrics Trends Compliance Analysis 98

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 29, 2012

But we also conducted our own analysis and found that only 15% of U.S. The reality is that many of them are unable to take such basic steps as setting achievable benchmarks, removing underperformers, collecting useful data, or offering coherent bonus schemes to motivate employees. That should have been very good news.

Management 8

Management Benchmarking Short-term Incentives 8

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Human beings live to attract goals. Organizations get people caught in activity traps…unless managers periodically pull back and reassess in terms of goals. Managers lose sight of their employees’ goals. Mutually agreed-upon goals are vital. Goal attainment leads to ethical behavior. Portfolio analysis.

Strategic Planning 56

Strategic Planning Goal Planning Budgeting 56

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

People (consumers) are both logical and irrational, motivated by opportunity and emotion, full of contradiction, impacted by economic conditions, and often difficult to define. This methodology is utilized quickly by professional teams, and lends significant insight to more traditional competitive analysis techniques.

Benchmarking 14

Benchmarking Maslow Trends Analysis 14

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Your brain isn’t always as powerful as you think it is, and having a written record of your boss’s project analysis or your colleague’s sales strategy can save you from having ‘oh darn’ moments, and can set you apart from the pack and put you on a straighter path to success. This plan will help you get through the year.

Bottom-up 50

Bottom-up Sharpe Follow-up Retail 50

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 7, 2011

New year projections are the best time to benchmark progress and adjust sights for the coming term. Additionally, corporate executives must have personal goals written, in conjunction with a professional business coach or mentor. Goals require measurable objectives, with realistic dates and percentages for successful accomplishment.

Goal 50

Goal Strategic Planning Benchmarking Budgeting 50

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2012

It's particularly true of young, fast-growing companies driving to meet stretch revenue goals and keep their investors happy. This helps reduce the noise and clutter that can overload our prefrontal cortex with a sense of being "overwhelmed" about what our goals are. Each individual's progress and priorities are clear.

Benchmarking 8

Benchmarking Objective Performance Review Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2015

First, after some analysis, we learned that they were spending substantially more time in meetings compared with companies of a similar size. Transparent data was also shared with employees so they could see exactly what meeting norms existed across their departments and how they varied from external benchmarks. Internal benchmarks.

How To 8

How To Benchmarking Internal Benchmarking Micromanagement 8

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Reasons for Goal Setting: Human beings live to attract goals. Organizations get people caught in activity traps… unless managers periodically pull back and reassess in terms of goals. Managers lose sight of their employees’ goals. Mutually agreed-upon goals are vital. Portfolio analysis.

Budgeting 50

Budgeting Planning Strategic Planning Competitive Advantage 50

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2011

By analyzing the true motives for networking (yours and other people’s), one can avoid hurt feelings and letdowns. Lesson Learned: Understand your true motives for going the distance. Examine and benchmark the reasons and results. We sometimes begrudged the others for not doing their share. Budget Networking Time.

Committee 53

Committee Learning-by-Doing Consultative Budgeting 53

Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2016

Our analysis showed something else, too: Most of these barriers resulted from complexity and bureaucracy that had accumulated as these leaders scaled up their businesses. Speed is measurable and can be benchmarked. ’” Distortion of motive: Young organizations have no place to hide and the founder knows everything.

Execution 10

Execution Bureaucracy Self-aware CEO 10

Skip Prichard

JULY 26, 2021

For example, “50 million users” has always been the benchmark for mass adoption. While most digital giants have not flouted the law, the public perception of enormous size, massive scale, and unfair competitive advantage drive political motivations to check the power of big tech ahead of any economic or societal costs.

Disintermediation 131

Disintermediation Cost-Benefit Analysis Short-term Long-term 131