Learn how to build a strong data foundation for your people analytics strategy. Discover the key steps and best practices for leveraging data to make informed decisions and drive positive outcomes for your organization.

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How to Build Your People Analytics on
a Strong Data Foundation

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Why do you need a solid data foundation?
You build your people analytics infrastructure on data,
so its quality has a direct impact on your insights.
Quality input reduces risk and inefficiency while
ensuring quality output and best use of resources.
Ensures there is a single version of the truth, fosters
common understanding, streamlines the process, and
creates a framework everyone can believe in.

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Characteristics of a Solid Data Foundation
Accessibility Trustworthiness Readiness Timeliness Security
Data Foundation

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1. Accessibility
You can’t use what you can’t see.
Collect and consolidate data to
make it easily available.
Characteristics of a Solid Data Foundation

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2. Trustworthiness
Trustworthy data is
accurate, complete,
consistent, and verifiable.
Data cleansing improves
accuracy and consistency. It
involves preparing, validating,
and reconciling data.
Inaccurate data can severely
impact analytics insights and
business outcomes. Garbage
in, garbage out.

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3. Readiness
Two processes help to make data available and understandable for decision-makers:
Data aggregation –
gathered and summarized in
easily digestible format
Contextualization –
organized in a way for user
to easily understand

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4. Timeliness
Timely data ensures
relevance and prompt action
Data currency is the degree to which
it is timely, so there is little or no lag
between gathering and reporting.

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5. Security
Data governance sets standards and policies
for managing data throughout its life cycle.
It includes compliance, accessibility, and
privacy protection.
It promotes trust, lowers risk, and protects
the company’s reputation.

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If your data does not possess these five qualities, it is a liability
that exposes your business to risk and inefficiency.
For your people analytics to produce the insights and ROI
you expect, you must build a solid data foundation.
Contact us for a no-cost consulting session with a data expert.
Pixentia can help.