Benchmarking & Measurement

Divisional Organizational Development Manager

Divisional OD Manager-Michigan

Most Companies Don't Use Data When Making Decisions About People

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The Measurement and Valuation of Human Infrastructure

An Introduction to the ‘New Way to Know’ During the past century, a series of evolutionary steps have shifted the view of people in the workplace from ‘personnel’ to ‘human resources’ to ‘human capital.’ Each stage of evolution has brought significant benefits to working people.

Data Quality is Such a Rush

RT @jilldyche @ocdqblog's "Data Quality is Such a Rush." Really, Jim, where do you find the time? Fabulous and creative http://ow.ly/19tSE

2010 Global Assessment Talent Management Trends

2010 Global Assessment Trends Report from PreVisor reveals shifts in talent management focus -

PreVisor, the global leader in employment assessments and talent measurement solutions that connect employment decisions to business results, released its 2nd annual Global Assessment Trends report summarizing findings from over 230 companies headquartered throughout the world. Co-sponsored by ADP®, this year’s report aims to provide HR and business audiences with an up-to-date perspective on practices and trends related to talent measurement programs used for hiring, career development and succession planning.

Highlights of the 2010 Global Assessment Trends Report (GATR) include key HR trends related to assessment, an overview of talent measurement practices around the world, and changes observed in comparison to the 2009 report results.

“The report findings confirm what we’ve witnessed in the past twelve months: that many of our clients, while recognized as leading HR practitioners, continue to feel pressure from the economic downturn”, observed Noel Sitzmann, PreVisor CEO. “However, the data also indicates that many organizations have made the necessary adjustments to move forward with effective talent measurement and management programs that will contribute to business growth going forward. These are exactly the kinds of strategic initiatives we work hard to support.”

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#31 Milestones Do Not Make Meaningful Performance Measures

"Complete business process review by June 2010" and "Implement customer relationship management system by December 2009" and "New workplace safety policy in place" are NOT performance measures, despite how often they appear as such in business and strategic plans and despite what many performance measure practitioners and experts might say.

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Do HR Analytics Matter?

Workforce metrics and analytics have been a buzz topic within the HR profession for the past 5+ years.  Those companies who have recognized the importance have invested in analytics systems and people to run those systems (fewer have invested in the people to actually perform the analytics, but that’s another blog for another day).  Dashboards have been created, reports rolled out, and presentations delivered on the state of human capital.  The frequency of these publications varies from annually to quarterly to monthly.

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#30 Measure Once, Cut Twice: How To Remove Duplication and Distrust From Your Performance Measures

It happens all the time: we inadvertantly measure the same thing, more than once in our businesses and end up with two or more different versions of the truth.

Not only does it waste effort in the measurement process, but it wastes time in decision making. Which version of the truth do you trust?

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