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HR analytics only matters if it connects to what executives care about—growth, efficiency, risk, and competitive advantage. In this beginner course, you'll learn to link people data to organizational strategy and communicate that connection in terms business leaders understand. Using real-world examples from companies navigating workforce challenges, you'll apply strategic framing to identify priorities, use a metric-to-strategy alignment framework to map HR analytics to business outcomes, and analyze AI-drafted narratives to ensure those connections are accurate and defensible. By the end, you won't just report HR metrics—you'll position analytics as essential business infrastructure that drives decisions at the executive level.
In this module, you'll apply strategic framing to connect organizational priorities to HR metric selection. You'll practice identifying what executives care about and translating those priorities into people analytics focus areas.
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4 videos1 reading
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4 videos•Total 22 minutes
Welcome: Why HR Analytics Needs a Strategy Connection•2 minutes
Strategy 101 for HR Analysts: What Executives Actually Care About•7 minutes
From Business Goals to HR Metrics: The Translation Layer•7 minutes
Applying a Metric-to-Strategy Framework•6 minutes
1 reading•Total 5 minutes
Reading Your Organization's Strategy Documents•5 minutes
Building the Metric-to-Strategy Connection
Module 2•1 hour to complete
Module details
In this module, you'll move from applying strategic framing to analyzing connections. You'll apply alignment frameworks and draft strategic narratives that connect analytics to business outcomes, then analyze AI outputs for accuracy and defensibility.
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3 videos2 readings1 assignment
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3 videos•Total 19 minutes
Strategic Narratives: Telling the Business Story of HR Data•7 minutes
The Complete Strategic Alignment: Map, Narrate, Present•10 minutes
Your New Skill: Link Analytics to Strategy•2 minutes
2 readings•Total 10 minutes
When Metrics Don't Align: Choosing What to Measure•5 minutes
Career Resources: Building Your People Analytics Practice: Resources & Next Steps•5 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
Final Assessment•30 minutes
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