Power of People, The: How Successful Organizations Use Workforce Analytics To Improve Business Performance

by Nigel Guenole, Jonathan Ferrar, Sheri Feinzig

Learn from Today’s Most Successful Workforce Analytics Leaders

Transforming the immense potential of workforce analytics into reality isn’t easy. Pioneering practitioners have learned crucial lessons that can help you succeed. The Power of People shares their journeys—and their indispensable insights.

Drawing on incisive case studies and vignettes, three experts help you bring purpose and clarity to any workforce analytics project, with robust research design and analysis to get reliable insights. They reveal where to start, where to find stakeholder support, and how to earn “quick wins” to build upon.

You’ll learn how to sustain success through best-practice data management, technology usage, partnering, and skill building. Finally, you’ll discover how to earn even more value by establishing an analytical mindset throughout HR, and building two key skills: storytelling and visualization.

The Power of People will be invaluable to HR executives establishing or leading analytics functions; HR professionals planning analytics projects; and any business executive who wants more value from HR.

Genres: Historical Romance, Business, Nonfiction

352 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 19, 2017

Reviews

[Maciej Gajewski · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was a very well-written and coherent. Authors produced it in such a manner which allows both C-levels, HR management and data analytics to find something interesting and worth remembering during the lecture. This particular trait of I, however, was both its advantage and disadvantage - at least for me, as I have been expecting something more detailed, maybe with more practical examples and case studies when it came to actual data analysis. Of course, it would be hard to do so within 300 pages and preserve versatility of this book in the same time.
So, this book is rather a set of basic guidelines and great introduction for everyone who wishes to start their journey with people analytics. And it's clearly worth a recommendation.

[Justin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Purely work related read - good case studies in the middle chapters of practical applications of workforce analytics. Most of the chapters are pretty basic, " how to project plan and build stakeholder buy-in". If anything good conversation starter for HR related functions

[Michael · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good summary and guidebook for those starting out or well along the way in Workforce Analytics. Being a practitioner, I found some useful advice particularly concerning stakeholder management, dealing with resistance and re-emphasising the value of storytelling.

[Jay Rain · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rating - 8.5

Not as engaging as Excellence in PA however still a worthwhile read that gives you a reinforcing perspective on PA best practices - some overlap as it is reference material for the expanded 2nd version

Case studies are interesting & relevant however more of a journey-starter for HR rather than deep insights; Credit to the authors, they used simple, business language which is easier to digest than data

[Willis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very recent and current book on this emerging trend of people analytics in the workforce. Lots of good practical information. If you want to do anything related to HR analytics, this book will have something that you can benefit from.

[Hunter Davis · Rating 4 out of 5]

As someone building a team and their own skills around people analytics this book helped me incorporate more structure. The cases were relevant and useful.

[Mattias Gregersen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very practical with loads of examples