Lexy Martin is Principal, Research and Customer Value at Visier. A long-time researcher who previously managed the Sierra-Cedar HR Systems Survey for its first 16 years, she now focuses her research by talking with customers to understand their leading practices and results from people analytics. You can follow her on Twitter (@lexymartin) or reach her at [email protected]

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Effective People Analytics: the Importance of Taking Action

I recently read an interview with a business leader about how people analytics drives business outcomes. The interviewee said that “Insight without outcome is simply overhead.” While this is absolutely true, the comment leaves out another key component of effective people analytics: “Analytics without action is simply overhead.”  At Visier, we recognize there is a…

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People Analytics Success Benefits from an Employee Value Proposition

People analytics delivers value to organizations. I can point to countless surveys that show that organizations that adopt people analytics outperform those that don’t. Bersin says so. Corporate Leadership Council says so. The Sierra-Cedar HR Systems Survey says so. The Visier Age of People Analytics Survey says so. I can also show countless case studies…