Have you ever watched a duck swim? It may look calm and effortless above the water, but below the surface, it’s paddling like mad to keep going. Remind you of anything? Many workforce analytics programs are like “duck works.” They may look calm but behind the scenes,...
Companies place a lot of emphasis on getting an accurate headcount. This makes sense; employee headcount is a pretty basic metric, and looks like a good place to start a workforce analytics program. However, in the rush to get a head count more valuable metrics may...
Where do you find the best information on workforce analytics? At a workforce analytics conference! ZeroedIn was recently a sponsor of the HCI Workforce Planning and Analytics conference in Atlanta, where interested parties could meet and discuss the connection...
How fast can we bring our new hires up to speed? Do we need a 6 week on-boarding program? Or is 4 weeks enough to get them going and productive? If you don’t measure, you’ll never know. To find out how long your on-boarding process takes to get employees going, you...
Workforce analytics is like a political campaign. You have your measurement strategy, information gatherers (pollsters), and a campaign manager who strategizes and directs the moving pieces of the campaign. Your company, of course, is the stunningly attractive...
Each December, we resolve to achieve awesome things in the new year. We’ll double our profits, get ten major clients, or hire A-list employees for every new job opening. Whatever our resolutions are, we start with the best of intentions, but over the course of the...
Every day, whether or not we realize it, we are measuring things in order to make our lives better. From the length of our commutes to the size of our retirement plans to the amount of space left on our DVRs, we want to know where we stand and how to make it better....
Organizations are evolving faster than ever, and too many managers and HR leaders operate under the assumption that what they are doing is working. But is your company truly keeping up with the global economy that is emerging around it? To determine which strategies...
If you want to really boost your employees’ productivity, talent analytics could very well be your golden ticket (though exercise might help!). Talent analytics is a close cousin of workforce analytics. While workforce analytics is all about measuring people from a...
Recently, we published a new eBook with some common myths that often keep companies from moving forward with their workforce analytics initiative. In doing so, we also provide the reasons why these myths are simply misconceptions and not always true. For instance,...
