Jenny Dearborn
The Data Driven Leader: A Powerful Approach to Delivering Measurable Business Impact Through People Analytics
PRAISE FOR THE DATA DRIVEN LEADER
“We need to think differently about the role of HR in business, and effectively using data and analytics to drive your business and talent strategies is now an imperative. If you’re trying to understand how you can use data and insights about your talent for real business results, this is the book to read. The Data-Driven Leaderdescribes practical ways you can use data to talk about your company’s most valuable assets – your people.”
“The most effective leaders today are leveraging the incredible power of People Analytics to maximize talent in the organization. The Data Driven Leader is a practical guide for business leaders and human capital professionals to immediately make an impact with analytics. Dearborn and Swanson not only showcase where People Analytics can make the greatest difference, they include graphs, charts, checklists and step-by-step examples which can be put to use immediately.This is a must have resource for any leader of people.”
“Dearborn and Swanson are keenly tuned into the traditional/stereotypical HR mindset and equally insightful about the data-based transformation needed to make more effective decisions and high-performing organizations. Data driven leaders of all functions experience greater cross-functional success when they begin with facts and master the art of drawing meaning from those facts.Every aspect of the internal and external customer experience will benefit from using data analysis to prioritize the ‘why’ above the ‘blame’ when solving problems.”
“The Data Driven Leader offers an engaging parable that brings to life the value of analytically-based people decisions, and helpful guidance for leaders to enhance those decisions.”
“The Data Driven Leader is a terrific call to action for HR leaders who want – and need – to be business leaders. Jenny Dearborn and David Swanson offer a thoughtful argument for why complex business and people challenges demand analytics-based solutions, and more importantly, they provide practical tools to make it happen. The future of work and HR is becoming increasingly analytics-based and multi-disciplinary in nature, with a value chain that is morphing from big data to better insights to business outcomes.”
“Jenny and David bring to light the best practices for leveraging data to drive critical talent decisions within an organization.The concept of designing a data-driven people strategy is spot on. Human Resources teams are now on the hook for driving measurable business outcomes. This book provides the blueprint – a must read for any HR leader.”
“I love the story-telling approach to analytical lessons that Jenny and David offer. Their knowledge of (and commitment to) people, systems and data converge here in a must-read book for anyone interested in the future of HR and Leadership. Even the non-numbers oriented, like me.”
“Effective leaders care about truth: the organizations that they really have, not the ones they think (or wish) they have. Moving a company forward requires patient and accurate insights into what people are really doing. This valuable book provides practical and clever tools for this analytical work, demystifying the application of data analytics to HR processes that serve the entire company.”
“We live in a world where data overload and data integrity is questioned every day. Rather than running away from it, we need to boldly step up. Consequently, the ability to synthesize information, analyze data and offer compelling insights and recommendations is one of the most critical skills required by the workforce of today. The HR function has the opportunity to lead and make a huge difference in this space. The Data Driven Leader is an easy-to-read, insightfulbook that provides great ideasfor practical application across manyparts of a business.”
“HR teams have a unique opportunity to transform how work is done through analytics, helping teams be more engaged and productive. The Data Driven Leader provides the real-life examples and practical tips you need to begin applying HR analytics that drive better people and business results.”
“One of the key questions for the future is the impact of artificial intelligence on human work. Here’s a great contribution to that debate. Jenny Dearborn and David Swanson, through engaging examples and in-depth analyses, show how data analytics can properly empower the workforce for the future.”
“You can’t build an organization where people want to show up if you don’t truly know your people and you can’t truly know your people if you don’t have a people analytics strategy in place. Start by reading this book!… A truly valuable resource that will help business leaders make sense of what people analytics is, why it’s crucial, and how to go about building it into your organization. A must read!… Jenny is one of the world’s top minds when it comes to data and people analytics. She has created a valuable resource that every business leader needs to read. If you want to build an organization that is prepared for the future of work then you need to do based on people data. Start by reading this book!”
“The combination of story-telling, explaining concepts, and illuminating practical application is really quite compelling. This is an increasingly important space – the industry has been on a journey to embrace the available depth of information and transform it into a tool to help all aspects of our businesses. Jenny and David do an amazing job illustrating how modern data analytics can be applied to the HR function, and how this creates a broader impact to a company – empowering HR as a strategic asset to the business. They take a technology space that is relatively new and remove the mystery from it and make it understandable, tangible, and something that can be put into practice.”
“One of the most profound changes in business today is the vast amount of people-related data we have to analyze. This book will help HR and line managers understand their opportunity to apply analytics to many of the people decisions we make every day.”
“At the heart of The Data-Driven Leader is a simple yet powerful insight: that the best way to unleash the collective power of an organization is to unlock the full potential of individual employees working in concert. By connecting data analytics with the rapidly evolving practice of human resources, Jenny Dearborn and David Swanson have created a guide to driving business value that every leader – and not just those in HR – should read.”
“At the convergence of people and technology there exists a great opportunity for talent development leaders to shape the future of their organizations. Data analytics are key to that effort, and in this book Jenny and David provide a practical guide for