Metrics, analytics & data (184 items)

Many organisations are rebranding their DEI efforts to avoid controversy, but a workplace lawyer says this is the wrong approach, and it's never been more important to champion inclusion.

It's a common mistake for HR teams to spread their budget too thinly, when it's better to target a small number of areas with the most potential to make a big difference, an experienced advisor says.

Continuing falls in employee engagement suggest that despite ongoing effort, many employers still aren't prioritising, measuring or acting on the areas with the most potential impact.

The best-performing organisations categorise their workforce costs in three key ways, enabling them to avoid reactive cuts and continue investing where it matters most, even during leaner times, an HR strategy expert says.

HR professionals are too often an "afterthought" when an organisation is facing cost pressures. Watch this webcast to understand how to play a key role in proactive cost optimisation and strategic workforce planning.

• "Workforce resilience strategy" requires closer look at HR data
  
• Three crucial pillars for team-based AI success
  
• Heartfelt Acknowledgements of Country have powerful inclusion potential

HR professionals should expect to take an increasingly active role in how organisations approach data protection, both when planning a response to potential breaches and in the aftermath of an event, a specialist lawyer says.

Most HR practitioners want their employee surveys to return positive findings, but if all the feedback is good, it suggests a problem with trust in the organisation, a specialist says.

The best-performing organisations don't cut costs and headcounts reactively, but rather build a culture where reviewing and adjusting resources is an "ongoing discipline and expectation", research shows.

A first-of-its-kind guide on capturing and reporting on workforce neurodiversity data aims to equip employers to identify and act on their neuroinclusion 'pain points'.