Leveraging analytics
Make the most of your people analytics data. Learn to use data analytics to inform decision-making and drive organisational change.
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You’ll learn how to:
- capture and analyse people analytics data and calculate a return on investment
- use people analytics to solve problems and establish business needs aligned with organisational strategy
- analyse the skills and governance needed by an effective people analytics team
- assess people analytics opportunities for an organisation and create an action plan.
About this course
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Course length: Three weeks
Delivery: Online and self-directed learning
Suitable for: People professionals who want to broaden their evidence-based decision-making skills.
Topics covered
- effectively applying people analytics
- human capital and ROI
- overcoming challenges to embedding and applying people analytics
- a five-step approach to people analytics
- shared insights and support
- action plan and next steps.
What to expect from this ‘leveraging analytics’ course
This course will give you the specialist skills to use people analytics for insight into your organisation, solve business problems and improve processes. It focuses on the strategic elements of people analytics and will help you understand how to use good practice during your analysis.
You'll learn to identify people analytics opportunities, present a business case – including ROI – and recognise the skills of an effective analytics team. You'll also learn to create an action plan to apply to day-to-day tasks in your organisation to enhance your evidence-based practice.
Please note that this course explores the most effective strategies for conducting people analysis. It does not cover specific tools such as Excel or in-depth analysis methodologies.
What you’ll need to do on this course
This is a three-day course delivered over three weeks. You’ll learn through facilitated online lessons, group practice, case studies and self-directed learning.
What you’ll get on this course
You’ll receive a resource pack containing activities for all modules.
At the end of this course, you’ll receive a certificate.
Taking part in this course gives you access to the CIPD Learning Hub for 12 months. Here, you can access your course content together with other valuable resources and tools. When you finish your course, you can enjoy an additional 12 months of access to other resources on the Learning Hub.
Learning outcomes
By the end of this ‘leveraging analytics’ course, you’ll be able to:
- use people analytics to make decisions, find solutions, and achieve organisational objectives.
Team bookings
Interested in booking this course for your team? We offer group bookings solutions for teams of four or more people.
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