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​​Data-Driven HR: From Data Chaos to Strategic Management​

​​How HR Can Make a Measurable Contribution to Business Success

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This training is held in German.
​​Data is no longer just an end in itself in HR. It forms the foundation for strategic decisions, credible arguments, and a strong standing as HR manager. But the reality in many companies is quite different: inconsistent data sets, legacy system landscapes, a lack of clear accountability, and an uneasy gut feeling about whether your own HR numbers are really accurate. In this two-day training , you training exactly that. You’ll learn how to build a reliable HR database, clearly define responsibilities, and establish governance structures that work in everyday practice—and take the first steps from “we assume” to “we know.”

Contents

​​Assessing the Current Situation: How Manageable Is Your HR Department, Really? 

  • ​What does “data-driven HR” mean in practice? 
  • ​Maturity Model: Reporting, Transparency, Management, Prediction. 
  • ​Common Vulnerabilities in HR Data Environments. 
  • ​The Impact of Poor Data Quality on the Company: How Inaccurate HR Data Affects Productivity, Costs, Growth, and Change. 

Data Quality as a Strategic Lever 

  • ​How do data inconsistencies, duplicates, and system breaks occur? 
  • ​A Structured Assessment: The HR Data Audit, Step by Step. 
  • ​Prioritization: Which data gaps have the greatest strategic impact? 
  • ​A Practical Exercise 

Understanding Data and Using It Effectively 

  • Structured vs. unstructured data: applications, feedback, free-form text. 
  • ​Relevant HR data for management and planning. 
  • ​Handling Missing Data 

​Data Governance: Pragmatic and Practical 

  • ​What is data governance, and why does it fail so often? 
  • ​The three core elements: roles, rules, and processes. 
  • Data Owners and Data Stewards: Who Is Responsible for What? 
  • ​GDPR & Audit Readiness in Practice: What HR Professionals Need to Know and Keep in Mind. 

​HR Metrics That Drive Performance 

  • ​What makes a good HR metric, and what makes it worthless?  
  • ​From reporting to decision-making logic, from reactive to proactive. 
  • KPIs aligned with key business questions. 
  • ​First Steps in Data Storytelling: How to Present Numbers in a Way That Convinces Your Management. 

​Outlook and Conclusion 

  • What does “AI-ready” mean for HR, and how does it relate to data quality? 
  • ​The integration of data quality, analytics, and forecasts. 
  • ​Identifying initial steps for you and your business.  
  • ​Peer-Based Assessment: Peer Feedback and Reflection.

Learning environment

In your online learning environment, you will find useful information, downloads and extra services for this training course once you have registered.

Your benefit

After this training , you training : 

  • ​Make HR more manageable. You know the fundamentals needed to better support sound decision-making within the company. 
  • ​Targeted improvements in data quality: You know where to start and how to prioritize effectively. 
  • ​Taking a Structured Approach to Governance: You’ve learned about the principles and approaches of a practical governance model that you can apply to your own company’s situation—to ensure clear roles and reduce data chaos. 
  • Developing Relevant HR Metrics: You know which KPIs can be relevant to decision-making and how to make them more reliable step by step. 
  • ​Communicating Data Effectively: You’ve learned approaches for presenting numbers and analyses in a way that resonates with executives and management and supports decision-making. 
  • ​Plan the next step in concrete terms: You’ll take away initial ideas and approaches to position HR more strategically within your company.​ 

trainers

Anna Holzknecht

Friederike Kulik

Methods

​​Instructor-led sessions with practical examples from everyday HR work; structured individual and group exercises directly relevant to participants’ own company situations; collegial exchange of experiences within the group; work with tried-and-true templates and checklists; personal reflection and ensuring knowledge transfer​.

Recommended for

HR business partners, junior HR specialists,HR managers generalists, andHR managers responsibilities include controlling, reporting, or analytics, and who want to base their HR work more firmly on a reliable data foundation. No IT degree required. No prior knowledge of analytics necessary. Just a willingness to take an honest look at your own data environment and make targeted improvements.​ 

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