Weekend read: September’s most popular people analytics and data-driven HR reads

Good Morning,

In this today’s weekend read, catch up the most popular articles and Q&As on analytics and data in HR, including:

Ashley T. Brundage on empowered employees producing 87% more than others and how to measure empowerment
Cole Napper on the power of outliers in performance management
Alan Susi on operational expenses, a critical metric in the relationship between HR and finance

Thank you!

Benjamin Broomfield, Senior Editor, HRD Connect

Empowerment analytics: How and why should we measure empowerment?

Empowered employees produce 87% more than others, but 85% of employees define empowerment through abstract concepts. Empowerment expert Ashley Brundage shares findings from over eight years of research and 10,000 surveys on what metrics matter…

Operational expenses: The critical metric for a greater connection between HR and finance

Alan Susi discusses why operational expenses are a go-to metric for demonstrating the ROI of people-related initiatives to financial leaders.

Industry insights: What’s stopping HR from realizing a future of data-led performance management?

Industry analysis and insight on the barriers to data-led performance management, from a reliance on outdated practices to the data value exchange conundrum

Outliers and operational excellence: Rethinking our approach to knowledge worker peak performance

Cole Napper speaks to HRD Connect on how organizations can shift their approach to measuring peak performance amongst knowledge workers and how placing a greater focus on outliers can drive outsized organizational engagement, performance, and…

The People Analytics Method: Why TikTok's Head of Global People Analytics prioritizes context not control

Justin Purl, Head of Global People Analytics, TikTok, argues confused definitions, cautious confidentiality, and poor questions lead to bad people analytics. He introduces The People Analytics Method as a scientific approach for accumulating context that…

Your HRD Weekend Read

Empowerment analytics: How and why should we measure empowerment?

Operational expenses: The critical metric for a greater connection between HR and finance

Industry insights: What’s stopping HR from realizing a future of data-led performance management?

Outliers and operational excellence: Rethinking our approach to knowledge worker peak performance

The People Analytics Method: Why TikTok's Head of Global People Analytics prioritizes context not control