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Set Your Direction

“Understand the sort of people who are successful in the company and what sort of returns a business is getting from its workforce. These two points translate into fertile ground for analytics work.”

—Salvador MaloHead of Global Workforce Analytics, Ericsson

When you are given responsibility for establishing workforce analytics in your organization, knowing where to begin can be difficult. This chapter presents a structured approach for getting started and covers the following:

• What to do in your first few weeks as the leader

• Understanding the demand your organization has for workforce analytics

• Creating a vision and mission statement

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