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The Right Way to Scorecard HR (Don’t Focus on Turnover and Safety)
The balanced scorecard has popularized the idea that organizations should regularly measure and monitor key metrics about people.
Strategic Analytics: Advancing Strategy Execution and Organizational Effectiveness
More than ever, data drives decisions in organizations–and we have more data, and more ways to analyze it, than ever. Yet strategic initiatives continue to fail as often as they did when computers ran on punch cards. Economist and research scientist Alec Levenson says we need a new approach.
ROI falls short for evaluating human capital and HR: Alec Levenson’s latest post on LinkedIn
In my previous post I discussed why ROI falls short as a tool for making business decisions. Here I address why ROI doesn’t live up to the promise it’s supposed to have for evaluating human capital and HR.
Evolution of HR Leadership, 8/11/15
Ian Ziskin led a conversation about the evolution of leadership and of HR.
CHREATE (The Global Consortium to Reimagine HR, Employment Alternatives, Talent, and the Enterprise)
The Global Consortium to Reimagine HR, Employment Alternatives, Talent, and the Enterprise
Lead the Work: Navigating a World Beyond Employment
A detailed look at the evolution of employment and its far-reaching implications Lead the Work (John W. Boudreau, Ravin Jesuthasan, David Creelman (Wiley, 2015) takes an incisive look at the evolving nature of work, and how it’s affecting management and productivity at the organizational level.
Corporate Stewardship: Achieving Sustainable Effectiveness
Stewardship entails a profound understanding and acceptance of the organization’s interdependence with the societal and ecological contexts in which it operates and becoming a force for building a viable future. Susan Albers Mohrman, James O’Toole, Edward E. Lawler, III show why the forward-looking practices of these corporations are important first steps, but insufficient departures from business as usual to keep pace with the growing problems facing the world.
The Future of HR, 7/21/15
John Boudreau (CEO), Ian Ziskin (CEO), and Ravin Jesuthasan (Towers Watson) shared their latest research, examples from companies, and next steps on the Future of HR. They reviewed cases and examples of what companies and CHRO’s are doing today to meet the changing demands of business.
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From Performance Management to Forward Focus – How DIRECTV Revolutionized the Process, Experience, and Culture of Feedback
This paper by Jennifer Jaffe, Maren Dollwet, Traci Conner, Katelynn Duffel, and Matthew Lucy (DIRECTV, LLC.) provides a unique case study on how DIRECTV has taken a holistic perspective on performance management and demonstrated data-driven and innovative ways to drive employee engagement through performance management.
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Making Talent Analytics and Reporting Into a Decision Science
John W. Boudreau (CEO) and Edward E. Lawler III (CEO) explain how talent analytics and reporting must shift from a focus on cost-efficiency and process effectiveness, while familiar and important, to a balanced combination that also extends to strategic measures that enhance talent and business decisions.
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The ROI monster under the bed: Alec Levenson’s latest post on LinkedIn
Return on investment (ROI) is perhaps the most universally applied tool ever created in the history of finance. It is a standard measurement used to evaluate the financial return from an investment or project.