In our daily practice, we see organizations working on projects around HR Technologies. HR Tech is trending and big business in the market. Solution providers are promoting and predicting large positive impacts of implementing their technologies. Often, these technologies are introduced as a solution to all problems. Of course, mobile availability, the current permanent online…
What are the key roles of human resources? In this article, we will list the 18 key Human Resources roles. In addition, we will go over these roles and explain how doing them right will create benefits for both the people and the organization. Background of Human Resource Roles For a long time, Human Resources…
In early January 2019, a headline on the McKinsey Leadership and Organization blog caught my eye – “The critical importance of the HR business partner.” A key point made in the piece is that HR continues to struggle to deliver effective talent strategy. The disconnect centers on the lack of capability of HR business partners…
At UNLEASH Amsterdam, I had the pleasure of interviewing Rainer Schlienkamp and Jasmin Wölke from the People Analytics team at Bosch. In the interview, we spoke about how to establish a data-driven mindset, skill management, and various other initiatives at Bosch. Erik: Welcome, everyone. We’re sitting here at UNLEASH and I’m…
Updated June 18, 2021 A lot of HR professionals who want to be more data-driven in their work ask the question “what is HR analytics?” In this post, we will explain what HR analytics is, how to get started, and how it will shape businesses in the future. ContentsWhat is HR analytics?Using data in HRHow…
It’s time for the annual employee engagement survey again. Conducting a survey sounds easier than it actually is. What are the best practices you need to keep in mind? In this article, we will discuss the 5 must-know employee engagement best practices. Measuring employee engagement can be a very powerful tool to improve employee wellbeing…
A couple of times a year, employee morale just naturally dips. During those dark, cold, and often short, winter days for example. Or after the summer holidays or a long weekend even. And sometimes, employees simply go through a period where they feel less motivated for no apparent reason. Whatever the reason though, you don’t…
In this short interview, Erik discusses the most important HR and HR analytics topics with the one and only “HR Curator”. Find out about the digital future of HR from the expert, Dave Millner! Transcription: Erik van Vulpen: Hello, and welcome to AIHR Live. I’m Erik van Vulpen, and with me is Dave Millner. Hi…
A lot of people analytics professionals are looking into the drivers of performance in their respective companies. Not too long ago, we undertook a study to establish the drivers of performance for a financial institution. The question was which Human Resources factors in staff influenced the performance of different branches and professionals in the organization.…
Christmas and the holidays are always a good time to look back and reflect on what has happened over the past year – and what a year it has been! In this article, I briefly want to look back at 2018 and take a glimpse ahead at 2019. I remember reading a hypothesis on why…