“Waow ! That’s a nice feature – very visual ! I wonder how they did that…” That was my reaction a few months ago while reading an article with a screenshot of a Marketing excel sheet. The feature ? A cool, very simple graph showing a trend of data in a single cell. The sheet…
Share the knowledge – August 2012
August 26, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The reading list is shorter than usual this month, but I did come across a few interesting pieces : I’ve already written about best places to work and how the packages they offer go beyond self-interest for the employer (it’s not just “I give you this so you are engaged and therefore productive”). This quick…
You need both head and hands – a Compensation example
July 10, 2012 by 2 Comments
Back in 1996-98, I was working at the France HQ of Philips Consumer Products, supporting the HR managers of our factories with labour law issues and updates in France, participating to compensation surveys and generally dealing with Industrial Relations and pay and benefits discussions with the trade unions and French and European Works Councils. Background At the…
A good graph is worth a thousand words
July 8, 2012 by 2 Comments
One of my favourite blogs is Storytelling with data. Cole Nussbaumer from the People Analytics team at Google does a great job of explaining how we present data in a graphical manner can underline and reinforce our message. With time, I have started doing more presentations for Boards and other top executives, as well as…
Reader Question – What drives employee discretionary effort ?
July 5, 2012 by 2 Comments
About 2 years ago, in Milan, I delivered a presentation on Linking performance management and pay-for-performance to an audience of Compensation & Benefits Managers and HR Directors. And every now and then, someone who has a copy of this presentation asks me to explain one specific slide. It is a very short overview of some…
