Should organizations work harder to build their employees’ change management skills?
As Heraclitus, a Greek Philosopher said some 2500 years ago: “There is nothing permanent except change”. This is not a new concept yet we continue to think of change management as a unique speciality. Why? We know change is constant so do we ask all candidates during the interview process to describ…
Transforming Organizational Brilliance
Introduction This article was inspired by previous posts regarding the significance of employee engagement as a driving force for organizational success. Across the globe, companies recognize the pivotal role of a motivated and committed workforce in achieving strategic objectives, fostering innovat…
Prioritizing HR Analytics – Identifying the Metrics that Matter
Am I really an expert? Maybe not. I know some stuff; I probably know a lot of stuff but I for sure do not know everything. Collectively, I know that we can come up with better solutions as a team. So, let’s work to expand our own personal “area of expertise” by asking others AND… R…
Measuring what matters from the employee perspective.
Am I really an expert? I am just an employee. How do I know what matters? Maybe I do and maybe I really do not know the priorities of the organization or what they are trying to accomplish. But, more than anyone else, I am the expert on what makes a difference to me. I… Read More &…
The effect of turnover on company culture
In the world of business, turnover is an ever-present reality. Employees come and go for various reasons, including career advancement, personal growth, or even dissatisfaction with their current workplace or environment. While turnover is a natural (and arguably a very healthy) part of an organizat…
The Future of HR
.l; As 2023 gets into full swing and all things HR and life start becoming hectic again, I was sitting in a “future of HR presentation” and the article I wanted to write came to me. This might not be anything new and more of a reminder of what’s important in HR or should be… …
Remote Working and the new Hybrid models
As we near the end of the first full year after the Pandemic’s return to work in a lot of locations and organizations, we have entered a certain amount of stability in the week-in and week-out office environment and a clearer vision of the future workplace. For many employees, returning …
Integrating Analytics and Sentiment Insights
Now, more than ever, the competition for talent is incredible and increasingly visible within and among organizations. The great resignation has been extensively written about and continues to drain internal talent resulting in a loss of knowledge, experience, and employees who embrace the organizat…
Employee Engagement – Why Quiet Quitting Isn’t a Thing
If you have been on LinkedIn or listened to any business news lately I am sure you are familiar with the term “quiet quitting” which has received a ton of media attention lately. If you have heard about this already then ignore the following definition, but to define quiet quitting really is just a …
The Importance of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging
For those of you who have been in the HR space for a while, DE&I has been discussed for a long time, although it has received more attention in recent years. More recently, some organizations added “Belonging” to their Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion efforts. This is important because individua…
What’s Trending in HR Analytics and Employee Retention
Over the last few years, there has been a focus on better employee experience leveraging a few key trends in workforce management. Organizations are putting increased focus on their employees by focusing on increasing their DE&I policies, reinventing the workplace and increasing overall employee…
Data Importance PT 2
So you read Data Importance PT 1 and stood up a couple servers, built a couple databases, and created some stored procedures and now you have all this data that has started accumulating all since last month….GREAT! Now the question is what do you do with it all?? Again this article might be element…
Data Importance PT 1
We started this blog to help create value within HR and I got this picture emailed to me while working on data project. A light bulb clicked as one of the most valuable things within HR is the data it holds. If you follow the markets and listened to the most recent Meta (Facebook) earnings…&n…
People Analytics Defined
In our previous post about Innovation we mentioned: The challenge for most organizations is not a shortage of transformation projects, but rather a lack of resources, time, and dollars. This is especially true for HR, which is often regarded as a cost center as opposed to a strong business partner. …
Innovation in HR Analytics
Innovation is defined as a “new idea, device, or method”. While innovations bear differences across industries, they all share common themes around divergence from the norm, advancements, efficiencies, or new ways of accomplishing a task. While innovations often result in new or refined services, te…
HXM-Analytics – Team Bios
HXM-Analytics Team Introductions We are a group of HR Analytics Specialists looking to discuss topics relevant to pushing the art of analytics in the HR space to the next level. Bryce Butzine is a Senior Advanced Systems/Analytics Specialist, located in Phoenix, AZ, who has a BSBA in Finance and a M…