People Analytics for Dummies - by Mike West (Paperback)

About the Book

"Developing a successful workforce requires more than instinct. Data helps guide decisions on how to hire quality employees and keep them satisfied. This book shows how to build a people analytics strategy and apply your findings toward creating a more engaged workforce. If your organization wants to understand why you miss headcount targets, why high performers leave, or why one department has more production issues than another, this book is for you"--Page [4] of cover.

Book Synopsis

Maximize performance with better data

Developing a successful workforce requires more than a gut check. Data can help guide your decisions on everything from where to seat a team to optimizing production processes to engaging with your employees in ways that ring true to them.

People analytics is the study of your number one business asset--your people--and this book shows you how to collect data, analyze that data, and then apply your findings to create a happier and more engaged workforce.

• Start a people analytics project
• Work with qualitative data
• Collect data via communications
• Find the right tools and approach for analyzing data

If your organization is ready to better understand why high performers leave, why one department has more personnel issues than another, and why employees violate, People Analytics For Dummies makes it easier.

From the Back Cover

• Learn how top companies use people analytics
• Analyze data to quantify your investment in people
• Use feedback to create a winning people culture

Get more from your #1 investment - your employees

Developing a successful workforce requires more than instinct. Data helps guide decisions on how to hire quality employees and keep them satisfied. This book shows how to build a people analytics strategy and apply your findings toward creating a more engaged workforce. If your organization wants to understand why you miss headcount targets, why high performers leave, or why one department has more production issues than another, this book is for you.

Inside...

• Quantify the employee journey
• Measure employee lifetime value
• Create more commitment, alignment, and motivation
• Find where to focus resources
• Make staffing predictions
• Learn what works for your firm with experiments
• Avoid people analytics pitfalls

About the Author

Mike West was a founding member of the first people analytics teams at Merck, PetSmart, Google, and Children's Health Dallas before starting his own firm, PeopleAnalyst, LLC. He has helped companies large and small design people analytics applications and start their own people analytics teams. Mike brings a unique perspective about how to use data to create winning companies and great places to work.