Putting people first creates better businesses, but this requires investing in measuring human capital
The argument for the importance of people to organisations has, for far too many years, been framed in the terms of the workforce being an asset that is owned by and available to the business. The tired adage of people being an organisation’s “most important asset” has, in many ways, lost the shine that it […]
The need for people – vs just business – analytics
Jon Ingham is Executive Consultant, Strategic Dynamics, and author, The Social Organization. There has been some useful development in HR’s use of analytics over the last few years. One of the positive aspects of this has been the increased use of the term workforce analytics, rather than ‘HR analytics’, to signal that we are interested in […]
Workplace engagement and performance – how do you unpack its mysteries?
This article was co-authored by Martin Reddington and Elmira Bakhshalian, Founder and Research and Development Manager respectively at Martin Reddington Associates. There is a burgeoning interest in the measurement of workforce engagement and performance – both from academic and practitioner perspectives. The old ways of doing an engagement survey every year or two to extract data to produce […]
HR analytics: what does the landscape look like?
Analytics is the business function that has developed to extract meaning and value from the large and growing amounts of data that are routinely generated and stored by the IT infrastructure that organisations use in their day to day operations. There is a widespread consensus that the HR function has made less progress in using […]
Is HR really ready for automation?
The HR tech marketing is increasingly shifting its focus from talk of big data and cloud-based solutions to bolder claims of automation of tasks and roles, primarily through the use of machine learning/AI. HR has a responsibility to understand the changing landscape of work and how it will impact organisations, but it also needs to […]
What are the opportunities for automation in HR?
Anyone remember printing CVs and putting them into a dusty manila file for interview? Nowadays people apply for jobs on their smartphones whilst getting the bus to work. This automation journey in HR has varied between organisations as we moved to the cloud and adopted mobile services. Key HR activities, such as hiring, on-boarding and […]
“When you automate a process, don’t lose the process’s purpose and essence,” says Metro Bank’s Chief People Officer
Danielle Harmer is Chief People Officer at Metro Bank. When Metro Bank launched in 2010, it was the first high street bank in 100 years. They were voted Moneywise’s Most Trusted Financial Provider for the second consecutive year and, by 2020, aim to have 110 stores across the UK. Danielle has worked in retail banking […]
Companies must create social value – or lose stakeholders
There’s so much rich insight coming out of the academic sector that HR professionals need to know. At Academics’ Corner we feature the best HR researchers that tell you what they’ve found and what you need to do differently on the back of the research. Get connected to the academic sector through Academics’ Corner and […]
The business case for diversity: tackling the inconvenient truth
There’s so much rich insight coming out of the academic sector that HR professionals need to know. At Academics’ Corner we feature the best HR researchers that tell you what they’ve found and what you need to do differently on the back of the research. Get connected to the academic sector through Academics’ Corner and […]
“I’ve experienced a shift in how I like to learn; to what I want to learn and not what others feel I need.”
We’re always curious to hear how our members and contributors tackle the challenges that the ever-changing world of HR throws at them. We’ve got a wealth of experience and knowledge across the site, and what better way to showcase the diversity of our community than to get them to walk us through an average day? […]
Data mastery: a key global mobility challenge
This article has been written on behalf of the RES Forum by Professor Michael Dickmann, Professor of International Human Resource Management at Cranfield University School of Management and Vicki Marsh, Head of UK Operations at Equus Software. How companies are exploiting – or not – the benefits from the identification and visualisation of global mobility […]
Talent management: why your approach can destroy employee mojo
Attempts by organisations to create ‘meaningfulness of work’ in a bid for greater discretionary effort, are often not effective and viewed cynically by employees. But finding meaning in one’s work, we believe, is a fundamental foundation for overall engagement and needs consideration as part of our talent management processes. In a recent paper by Bailey […]
Talent acquisition, technology and where this leaves you
Talent acquisition is merely nearly new; by comparison the capability of HR technology is really new. Talent acquisition is recruitment turned retro. Does it differ? Yes, and we have fashioned today’s HR thinking on talent into longer-term, strategic and cyclical practices that extend beyond just filling the job. Here I’m going to take a brief […]
Don’t get overwhelmed into inaction – analytics success can come to every company
In a recent Deloitte survey on HR Analytics, a shockingly realistic number was presented. The results showed that 8% of respondents report that they have usable data at their disposal. It’s a shocking statistic given that other surveys claim that anywhere from 75-86% of executives think HR Analytics is an important topic. Together, these results […]
Is there a need for HR to form a strategic partnership with IT to get value from big data?
There is an argument – sometimes called the ‘law of requisite variety’ – that if the technological changes going on outside organisations are relatively complex, then the internal environments of those organisations need to be equally complex to keep up, matching and engaging the outside with the proper degree of internal sophistication. In short, external […]
What there is to fear with HR Data Analytics
Making the case for HR data analytics needs to go beyond just providing insight into the key business challenges an organisation has. The case needs to also help people navigate the change that the insights could lead to as well as manage one of the strongest emotions we all experience: fear. Fear: analysing a trait […]
HR skills and capabilities: making sure HR analytics benefits the business
You can have the most accurate data in the world and best in breed technology but without the skills to apply these advantages you won’t get any benefit. Of course, this should be a blindingly obvious statement but it is surprising if you talk to organisations, as we have done, about what drives innovation you […]
How will data and analytics change the legal sector?
This article is based on an interview with Alyson Reeves, Director at PwC Consulting and an expert on change in the legal sector. The world is changing rapidly and every sector is undergoing disruption brought about by technological change. This is particularly disruptive in traditional sectors, such as legal. Data and analytics are affecting all […]
Why mothers are paid 3% less at work per child
There’s so much rich insight coming out of the academic sector that HR professionals need to know. At Academics’ Corner we feature the best HR researchers that tell you what they’ve found and what you need to do differently on the back of the research. Get connected to the academic sector through Academics’ Corner and […]
Women are more suited to leadership, but find it harder to reach the top
There’s so much rich insight coming out of the academic sector that HR professionals need to know. At Academics’ Corner we feature the best HR researchers that tell you what they’ve found and what you need to do differently on the back of the research. Get connected to the academic sector through Academics’ Corner and […]
