3rd prize in the DMA-NTPC Management Book Awards, 2018.
In a dynamic world, the role of HR is central in tapping the vast potential of human capital, and interestingly, blending it with automation and digitization in unique ways. HR analytics is pivotal in identifying, measuring and articulating the objectives and outcomes of different programs.
What if you can:
• Predict which high performers were at risk of leaving six months before they walked out the door?
• Merge external data with your own business metrics to project workforce demand six, nine or even eighteen months from now?
• Triage incoming resumes overnight to predict employee success and tenure before you hire?
All this and more is possible with sophisticated technology and analytics as demonstrated by companies such as Google, Walmart, and American Express. To leverage analytics, you need to walk a path through reliable data, techniques of analysis, and formulation of hypothesis. This book is a practical, do it yourself handbook to convert analytics into an area of strength and maintain competitive advantage.
Ramesh Soundararajan is an HR professional with 25 years of experience as a practitioner and consultant. An electrical engineer from National Institute of Technology (NIT), Kozhikode, Ramesh completed his master’s in personnel management and industrial relations from Xavier School of Management (XLRI), Jamshedpur.
Crompton Greaves, TVS Whirlpool, Infosys Technologies (more than a decade), and Sasken Communications are the prominent companies he has worked with. Presently he is the founding partner of Culstran LLP, a firm focused on consulting corporates in the areas of culture, strategy, and analytics. He has worked as a location head of HR, head of a CoE, as well as the head of the function. He has consulted with clients in India as well as in the USA.
In all his roles, he has pioneered an analytical approach to reviewing information, integrating insights from across different functions to help the function put its best foot forward. The approach encompasses all HR domains such as performance management, learning and development, and talent acquisition and retention. His blog on analytics, “HR3by2”, is widely referred to. He is working with large corporations from developing analytics competency in HR to designing interactive dashboards. He also works with start-ups in the HR analytics space. He is a trained assessor using the PCMM and CII HR models.
Dr Kuldeep Singh is Director, HR, at Capgemini, Bangalore. He has 20+ years of experience in HR having worked in manufacturing and IT sector. He has held various positions such as corporate head (HR), strategic HR advisor, global head (OD), etc., for organizations with headcount size from 4,500 to 67,000+. His last position was corporate head (HR) and strategic HR advisor for UST Global Inc. Prior to UST Global, he has worked at Infosys as senior manager and head Performance Management System (PMS), spearheading PMS and Organization Development (OD) interventions globally.
Before his corporate career, he worked as an associate professor (HR) at IIM Indore. He has specialized in HR/people analytics and conducted open workshops on HR analytics with IIMs at metro locations and in-house workshops for business partner HR teams of a tier-I Indian technology services company. His publications on HR analytics on social media, and in HR magazines and leading business newspapers have been globally acclaimed. He is fortified with HR and business analytics certifications from Wharton and UC Berkeley and a PhD in HR from XLRI.
