HR People: You Must Speak the Executive Team’s Language

In this week’s episode, Jason and Jordan discuss all things data and how people teams must use data insights to speak the executive team’s language. They explore the pitfalls of many companies’ data systems and offer up a solution to help HR people sell their executives on people programs.

Word of the day: Assuage

Timestamps:

(0:00) Intro

(1:53) HR people need to be able to sell people programs

(3:21) The gap between people who represent the needs of an org and executives having to make business decisions

(8:24) Companies claim to be data-driven, but are they?

(11:54) HR people treat humans less like resources than non-HR people

(15:09) Data is useless if you don’t do anything with it

(16:57) In many organizations, asking for budget is a zero sum game

(19:45) The C-Suite at your company is not all-knowing

(22:37) Why companies are drowning in so-called ‘data lakes’

(26:15) The mistake so many companies make 

(29:40) People are more similar than they are different

(30:55) Understanding people and communicating how they work is essential to presenting to executives

Connect:

• Are you an HR/People Leader wanting to learn more? https://www.fringe.us/talk-to-our-team
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• Jason’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonatfringe/
• Jordan’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-peace-fringe/
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