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Headcount & Movement

Headcount & Movement

Learn how to establish an accurate headcount measure, and how to use it for strategic decision-making about employee movement.

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About this course

One of the most basic HR metrics is also one of the trickiest to get right. Learn why headcount is foundational to a people analytics practice, how headcount and employee movement go together, and why understanding headcount changes over time is transformational to business success.

This course will help you to understand:

  • The value of an accurate headcount measure
  • The steps to producing an accurate measure of headcount
  • How employee movement impacts business performance
  • The steps to analyzing employee movement

Curriculum35 mins

  • Introduction and welcome
  • What is headcount?
  • Why is the headcount metric so hard to accurately track?
  • What are the risks of getting headcount wrong?
  • How does headcount inform employee movement?
  • What else can headcount tell us?
  • How do you use headcount over time?
  • How can movement and analysis help guide actions?
  • Headcount Quiz
  • Survey -Headcount & Movement

About this course

One of the most basic HR metrics is also one of the trickiest to get right. Learn why headcount is foundational to a people analytics practice, how headcount and employee movement go together, and why understanding headcount changes over time is transformational to business success.

This course will help you to understand:

  • The value of an accurate headcount measure
  • The steps to producing an accurate measure of headcount
  • How employee movement impacts business performance
  • The steps to analyzing employee movement

Curriculum35 mins

  • Introduction and welcome
  • What is headcount?
  • Why is the headcount metric so hard to accurately track?
  • What are the risks of getting headcount wrong?
  • How does headcount inform employee movement?
  • What else can headcount tell us?
  • How do you use headcount over time?
  • How can movement and analysis help guide actions?
  • Headcount Quiz
  • Survey -Headcount & Movement