Performance through People: Transforming Human Capital into Competitive Advantage | McKinsey Global Institute

Talent Development

This 40-page paper addresses the question: how does developing talent affect firms’ financial returns and other organizational outcomes? Based on an analysis of +1800 large companies with more than $100 million in annual revenue spanning various sectors in 15 countries, organizations were sorted based on two factors: 1) how much they focus on developing human capital—measured by internal moves as …

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How Financial Accounting Screws Up HR | Harvard Business Review

HR Effectiveness

Many organizations strive to report meaningful human capital (HC) measures. But as pointed out in this HBR article by Peter Cappelli, one challenge in HC reporting is that: “current U.S. financial reporting standards are counterproductive since they treat employees and investments in them as expenses or liabilities, which makes companies look less valuable to investors.” This …

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Telling the Human Capital Management Story: Toward a Strategic Competitive Advantage | The Conference Board

Talent Management

Many organizational stakeholders — such as investors, current and prospective employees, customers, and strategic partners—want to understand how their respective organizations manage human capital (HC). But as pointed out in this 20-page report by The Conference Board, each stakeholder group is likely to be more interested in certain parts of an organization’s HC narrative. For example, employees and …

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Succession Metrics Tracking Template | BrianHeger.com

Talent Management

This one-page editable PDF includes 10 succession planning metrics that organizations can refer to as they track and measure the effectiveness of their succession management practices. While 10 metrics are provided, organizations can select the vital few (or include others) for which they want to track progress. Sample metrics include: % of non-ready now successors …

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51 HR Metrics Cheat Sheet | AIHR

HR Effectiveness

HR leaders and their teams continue to find ways to best measure and show the ROI of talent initiatives and investments. And while there are varying levels of sophistication in showing the impact of HR/ talent initiatives on business outcomes, HR and talent metrics are at the foundation. Yet practitioners can still find it challenging …

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Corporate Human Capital Disclosures: Early Evidence from the SEC’s Disclosure Mandate | Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance

HR Effectiveness

This article shares findings from a textual analysis study of the human capital disclosures of over 3,000 unique public companies (i.e., all 10-K filers with corresponding financial data available). The analysis is based on disclosures during the first year under the SEC Human Capital (HC) regulation, which went into effect on November 9, 2020. The rule gives …

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Why You Must Redefine Quality of Hire (and How) | Gartner

Talent Acquisition

According to a LinkedIn report on the future of recruiting, tactical recruiting metrics — like time to hire, candidates per hire, or offer acceptance rate—are commonly used since they are easy to measure. However, more strategic measures, such as quality of hire (QoH), remain elusive for many recruiting teams because they are harder to quantify. Of the eight …

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The Good Work Framework: A New Business Agenda For the Future of Work | The World Economic Forum

HR Effectiveness

Last week, I posted how Chief People Officers play a prominent role in shaping their companies’ responses to ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) issues. And with the S (Social) component of ESG receiving much focus, HR leaders must have people strategies with clear and measurable goals that enable the S component. This new 30-page report provides a …

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The Top 10 Strategic Talent Acquisition and HR Metrics That CEOs Want to See | Visier Blog

HR Effectiveness

Most surveys on CEO and executive priorities—such as The Conference Board C-suite Outlook 2022 Report and PWC’s Executive Views on Business Challenges and Opportunities in 2022 — show talent as a critical priority. And as organizations are under greater pressure to show the ROI of talent initiatives and investments, it is important to measure and report on …

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Research: How Employee Experience Impacts Your Bottom Line | Harvard Business Review

People Analytics

Few would dispute that a positive employee experience (EX) positively influences the success of an organization. And as HR leaders strive to show more of a direct link between EX and business outcomes within their firms, this article shares an approach for doing just that in a large global retail brand organization. The researchers obtained …

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