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How To Win With People Analytics

HR Digest

People analytics, also known as “talent analytics,” “human analytics,” and “human resource analytics,” is defined as the use of individualized data about people to help organizations make well-informed decisions about talent acquisition. OSHA Risks.

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Guest Post: The “General” Manager – Soldier Lessons for the.

Lead on Purpose

Whether you’re the platoon commander of an Army Infantry Patrol, or the Director of Human Resources, you’re still a leader. If you micromanage, you’ll have employees that wait for instructions every step of the way and will not use their own resources. This is a fine line to walk as a leader.

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Under-Management Is the Flip Side of Micromanagement — and It’s a Problem Too

Harvard Business Review

Micromanagement gets most of the attention, but under-management may be just as big a problem. And I well remember one of my own company’s Human Resource VP’s exclaiming in frustration, “The trouble with our managers is that too often they just don’t manage!” Chalermphon Kumchai/EyeEm/Getty Images.

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When Transparency Backfires, and How to Prevent It

Harvard Business Review

But consider the micromanager who asks you to document every step of your calculations so that he can be sure you got the right answer. Only leaders perceived as moderate in their ethical requests were effective in promoting positive employee behavior. That in turn hurt morale and left employees feeling mistrustful.

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If Employees Don’t Trust You, It’s Up to You to Fix It

Harvard Business Review

Employees who don’t trust their managers usually point to big-picture, obvious things: Their superiors skate the edges of ethical behavior, hide information, take credit for others’ hard work, or flat-out deceive people. To demonstrate positive assumptions, show that you reject micromanaging. And promote transparency.