Are you hiring based upon merit? Are you getting the ROI you expected? Where are your production weak spots? Why are people leaving? Is your management team biased?
These are all questions that you can answer with data, but it takes knowing what you want before the answers can start rolling in.
Baseline the Basics
Some things are easy. Whether you’ve got a system or a system of spreadsheets- just start. Track start dates, end dates, reasons for leaving, and absences. Track your applicants and the choices you made and why. Do this for 1 month before you take any action. This is establishing a baseline of knowing what you’re working with, instead of a guessing game.
Find Your Data Gaps
Next, start asking what you really want to know. What results are you trying to achieve in the business? How do we know if we’re making it? Identify what you need to track differently and why. Don’t just track for the sake of tracking—make it mean something.
Assign and Plan
Clarify roles and responsibilities for data tracking and analysis. Who is responsible for collecting the data? Who will interpret it and take action? This is a team effort. If at any point, the team doesn’t value the work, then rethink it. Establish a cadence of decision-making when the data makes a difference.
Take Action and Drive Results
Meet on the data and make decisions when the data matters. That means NOW—not 3 months later. If you’re having trouble gathering and seeing the data in a way that makes decision making easy- you’re wasting your time. I work with Earthly Analytics for dashboards that are a game-changer in productive business decisions.
