People Data / Palgrave Pocket Consultants (PDF)

Tine Huus has over 25 years of experience within organization development, change projects and consultancy, primarily within the high-tech industry. She has held management positions at Carlsberg, Nokia, Ramboll Group, and Nabisco Brands and was responsible for designing and implementing human capital metrics. She is currently based in Copenhagen and has lived in Finland, Ireland, and the UK.

'Throughout People Data, the author provides valuable insight and guidance on human capital metrics and fact-based people decisions. By utilizing people data across the employee life cycle, managers can make people decisions with greater clarity and confidence. This is a book that has been needed for years and a useful primer for a business culture that is only likely to grow in importance in the 21st century.'

Hallstein Moerk, former EVP HR, Nokia Group

'This fascinating book will give readers who know little or nothing about people data everything they need to learn about how to motivate and utilize the human capital of their businesses. What is measured gets done. Like all organizations, my bank depends entirely on the contribution of its workforce.' Karen Froesig, CEO, Sydbank A/S, Denmark

'A systematic and insightful approach for enhancing the value of 'human capital', not only in terms of monetary results, but for the human beings in organizations. This book delivers the ultimate guideline for all HR departments and provides crucial information for decision makers in the new area of transformational leadership.'

Tore Krog, Chief Occupational Medical Officer, Ringnes Brewery, Norway, as part of Carlsberg Group, and CEO, IAAP, 'Business Growth through Work Engagement', China and Vietnam

'This book reinforces the value of making evidence-based talent decisions. Many organizations have massive amounts of human capital information available to them and People Data helps the interested reader separate the wheat from the chaff. Readers will love the illustrations and how-to applications. This is also a great book for applied graduate level studies in human resources and business management.'

Jack Wiley, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Manchester University, Indiana, USA and former President, High Performance Institute by Kenexa, an IBM Company

'In People Data, Tine Huus tells us in plain language how