The Data Driven Leader

Moving from Administration to Strategy

In 2012, the Harvard Business Review referred to data analytics as a “management revolution.” Whether you call it big data, data analytics, data science or business analytics, it’s a process that converts raw data into usable data. Organizations then apply this usable data – information – to determine the best course of action in a given situation.

Data analytics gives Human Resources a greater opportunity to influence company revenue and growth as it continues its shift from a caretaking, paperwork role to being a factor in business performance. CEOs should now recruit chief HR officers (CHRO) and other HR executives who have operational business experience, often from revenue-generating units. Companies are now calling on HR leaders to move beyond their traditional areas and to implement revenue-generating changes.

Foremost HR thought leader Josh Bersin believes HR data analytics is fundamental to making HR a revenue-generating business unit and to building HR’s understanding of the drivers...