Do You Need People Analytics?
Jacob Morgan
5x Best-Selling Author, Futurist, & Keynote Speaker. Founder of Future Of Work Leaders (Global CHRO Community). Focused on Leadership, The Future of Work, & Employee Experience
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How do you build a great employee experience?
It starts with strong data.
People analytics is crucial to employee experience because it gives you an understanding of who your employees are and why they act the way they do. The data provides the foundation of knowing what matters to your employees and the best experiences to create.
I once visited a large company that wanted to invest in employee experience. The chief HR officer told me that employees stay for a long time, but couldn’t tell me why.
He also said that if employees leave the company, it happens around the two-year mark. But again, he couldn’t tell me why.
People analytics can answer these questions and provide valuable insights on employees.?
Without people analytics, you have no data. It is crucial to your employee experience strategy. People analytics helps you truly know your people.
When adopting people analytics, start small and use the data you already have, including demographics, salary data, and performance review information. Gather people in the organization who are good at numbers to look through to see what insights they can draw. The data you already have can start to paint a picture of your employees. From there, you can standardize the data and make it consistent across the company to find widespread insights and patterns.
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That’s not to say that people analytics relies totally on data to make decisions. Human emotion and thought still play a vital role. But with a strong people analytics system, you can combine data with human decision-making to understand and get the most out of your people.
Every company, no matter the size and industry, can do something with people analytics. Start small and build out your data capabilities over time.
You can’t design great employee experiences without the data about your employees.?
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2 年I agree! But please remember to be transparent about what kind of data is analyzed, and how it's used. As an employee I would be greatly worried if my workplace collected a bunch of data to draw insights from without consulting me on it.
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2 年I'll keep this in mind
Student at AMA University
2 年Well said
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2 年An interesting read.
Spot on Jacob. The first step is to get started. People expect their experience to be positive.” If you do not know what good looks like anything looks good. AI is moving fast and there are some great processes/tools available to improve the experience.