People First: What are the key HR trends for 2018?

We’re nearly at the end of January and with the year still in its infancy optimism still abounds with regards to the likely growing impact of HR in 2018. Although as I am typing this in San Francisco in the run up to co-chairing People Analytics & Future of Work, my confidence may just be a case of jet lag combined with wishful thinking. 

So, with a cup brimming full of sanguinity here are some trends I expect to see more of in the HR space in 2018…

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The role of the People Analytics leader - Part 1: Building Capability

Part 1: Building the team and growing organisational capability. See also Part 2 on the roles and responsibilities of the people analytics leader, how to create an analytical culture and the future of analytics here

As I’ve written before, there are a number of characteristics shared by organisations that have successfully developed and built sustainable capability in people analytics and data driven decision making in HR…

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The WHAT and the HOW of a digital HR strategy

A digital HR strategy provides the opportunity for HR to shape the future of work for their business and have a clear view on how jobs will be lost and gained. A roadmap sets course and speed for the HR function and for people priorities within the company. Companies with a distinct HR Digital Roadmap endow themselves with a foundation to not only cope with these changes but to influence them to gain competitive advantage.

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Volker Jacobs
Workforce Analytics: Centerpiece of a Digital Agenda for HR

No doubt – HR is not exactly a data savvy function: Between 80% and 100% of CEOs require strategic decision support informed by people data, yet less than 20% of them receive such information from the HR function. That message is well understood by HR: In our recent research, European Heads of HR Analytics report that they would like to significantly increase their analytics maturity.

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Volker Jacobs