Employee engagement, aligning talent and business strategies; these are perennial problems for HR professionals. Here in the United Kingdom, as far back as 2014 they were among the top three priorities for CHROs , according to an ADP survey.
How do we solve these problems? I increasingly think that one of the best ways is to refocus on teams within our organisations. But to do that we need to make sure we’re collecting standardised data and pushing it to the right people.
Individual Performance Is One Lens
One of the key ways we’ve tried to overcome our biggest challenges is by monitoring the effectiveness of individuals. Technology has given us the power to collect data on individual employees in real time. This kind of instant, fine-grained view of our organisations was not possible before.