Human Resources Vocab Part. 1

A people management approach that actively supports higher-level business goals and objectives; a comprehensive framework for attracting, recruiting, developing, and retaining a talented workforce.

The act of recognizing, praising, and rewarding positive employee accomplishments or behaviors, either publicly or privately. Recognition may be used to create a long-term sense of appreciation.

Workers who typically travel or work remotely from a mobile device, rather than on a laptop.

This term describes informative data collected about employees for analytics purposes.

An employee or initiative that not only fits with the company culture but enhances or otherwise upgrades it.

A survey measures not just employees' satisfaction, but also their commitment to your organization's mission, trust in leadership, and the value they place on their work.

This data-driven approach collects and analyzes data on workers to help companies effectively manage employees and make organizational decisions.

Surveys gathering feedback from employees on managerial performance and effectiveness. Results may be provided to managers anonymously.

The means by which your organization identifies, measures, and develops the workplace performance of each employee, team, and unit in support of your company's overall goals and objectives.

The overall sense that the employee is valued, professionally and personally, in the organization. Appreciation is less event-based than recognition, though the two terms are often used interchangeably.

Employees working in a field where 25% or less of their colleagues share their gender (nursing for men, firefighting for women).

HR programming designed to improve individual and organizational performance by facilitating development or acquisition of skills and knowledge.

The rate at which employees leave the company.

Coined by McKinsey in 1997, this term refers to the competitive landscape for recruiting and retaining talented employees.

The process of communicating information about organizational changes, such as updated mission or policy, new hires or terminations, updates in leadership and management, new workplace tools, and more. Done well, is an opportunity to promote employee trust and engagement in the organization.

the "personality" of an organization, informed by its values, mission, and beliefs.

An opportunity for employees to publicly recognize their peers for successes or positive behaviors. S

Initiatives to promote the health of individual employees for the health of the company as a whole. These may include fitness challenges, on-campus yoga classes or workout spaces, flu shots and vaccinations, and more.

The practice of identifying the skills and talents needed to keep the organization moving toward its goals, plus hiring, developing, and retaining employees with those necessary skills and talents.

A goal-setting framework for creating a team- or company-wide objectives and measuring progress toward them.

Feedback gathered from an employee, their peers, and their reports, as well as their managers. This allows employees to see what others collectively identify as their strengths and opportunities for growth.