How People Analytics Can Transform or Destroy Your Workplace

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In today’s HR Leaders Podcast, I’m joined by Bradford Williams , VP People Analytics, Insights & Workforce Planning at Northwestern Mutual . He opens up about his unconventional path and reveals how people analytics is revolutionizing the workplace.

Brad shows us how influential managers are in molding organizational culture, the game-changing effects of technology on HR, and why robust networking is vital for success.

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?? In this episode, Brad discusses:

1. How managers influence organizational performance and culture
2. The future of work and the role of technology in democratizing data
3. The power of network analysis in understanding organizational dynamics
4. Strategies for leveraging people analytics to enhance HR decision-making

?? What advice Brad had for future HR leaders:

"The power of your network, one of the things that I was told early in my career: network, network, network. I think there's such power in leveraging those relationships. Being somebody that's easy to work with and just enjoyable is extremely powerful in your career."

"I think managers have such an outsized impact in the organization as it relates to performance, retention, and engagement of their team. The manager influence and the role that leaders have in an organization probably outpaces everything."

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??We couldn't do it without you!

Thank you to Bradford Williams for sharing his time, expertise, and vision with our listeners.

Also our episode and series sponsor, Achievers and their brilliant team Jeff Cates, Hannah Yardley, Chris Fudge (he/him), Michael G. Cohen, Laura Butler and Timothy Calder.

None of this would be possible without Shane Kemp James Elwell Rio André , Kenneth Browne and the team at HR Leaders and atlas copilot for bringing the podcast to life.

Thank you to our previous guests: Sean Behr, Anshul Sheopuri, Aurélien Mamou, Sarah Harnett, Paul Wolfe, Karl Smith, Angela Cheng-Cimini, Floor van Griensven, Josh Krichefski, Sharron O'Donnell & Carrie Small, Sam Zheng, Hannah Rebecchi, Robb Holman, Paula Allen, Sue Quackenbush, Simon Blake and many more.

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