business strategy

Consider your audience: HR analytics

January 23, 2017 PeopleInsight Workforce Analytics Employee Relations, HR Analytics, HR and Technology, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources

As we discussed in last month’s post, one key aspect to successfully using analytics to drive decision making is being able to tell the story—apply important context to the results to understand what they mean. Another key consideration is your audience. Your audience should determine what analytics to focus on and how you visualize the results.

Analytics, business strategy, employment law, hr analytics, Line of Business, LOB analytics

HR measurement – a Trojan Horse

June 13, 2012 Ian J Cook HR Analytics, HRMS, Human Resources

Last week was a first for me. I was asked to present on human resources measurement to an audience of finance professionals. The response to my sold out sessions was mixed. Some wanted to know more. Others wanted to be able to put people measurement into a simple box, record this as a consistent item on the balance sheet, and get back to the serious business of money.

business strategy, finance and HR, HR data, hr strategy, human resources data, people data, people measurement

Introducing guest blogger Marcia Scheffler

March 20, 2012 Adam Gorley Announcements and Administration, Human Resources, Payroll

We are happy to welcome Marcia Scheffler to our roster of regular bloggers at First Reference Talks.

best practices, business strategy, change management, corporate social responsibility, CSR, HR issues, Marcia Scheffler, organizational development

Social media = time management? (Part 2)

November 4, 2009 Adam Gorley Employee Relations, Human Resources, Privacy and Security

Social media are new, and their value is not entirely clear, especially to businesses that are doing just fine as they are, thank you very much. Heck, it’s even possible that blogs, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and other Web 2.0 and social networking services will turn out to be passing fads, in which case, maybe companies that ignore them will have the last laugh on the matter. I don’t know about that, but I will say this: the generation that grew up on the Internet and began to enter the labour market over the last decade is unlikely to want to shift to a way of doing things that doesn’t involve the Internet and its associated applications and gadgets. And their children—well, who can say how connected they’ll be. It would take an extremely authoritarian approach to return to the workplace of our parents, and likely an approach that looks backward rather than ahead. But enough of prediction, let’s talk about some interesting stuff!

business strategy, employment standards, facebook, Generation Y, generational differences, hours of work, LinkedIn, productivity, social media, social networking, twitter, web 2.0

Social media in the workplace: Oh what to do!?

October 1, 2009 Adam Gorley Human Resources, Privacy and Security

If you’re reading this blog post, I’ll bet that you’re at work, on company time. Should you feel bad about that? I’d like to believe that what you’re reading has value, and will add to your understanding of today’s workplace and HR practices, and maybe that’s justification enough. But I wouldn’t be surprised if, besides reading blogs, you also looked at your Facebook account and maybe even sent a few tweets while at work. What’s your justification for that?

business strategy, facebook, generational differences, policies and procedures, policy, social media, twitter, web 2.0