Innovative solutions in people analytics driving business outcomes through work optimization: Visier

In the highly competitive world we live in, HR professionals are working to learn more about people analytics. The primary role of a people analytics team is to provide the organisation with insights that allow them to make better business decisions, thus improving business performance, while simultaneously improving the employee experience and well-being. Globally, there are various companies offering excellent services in people analytics, among them, Visier stand out. Visier is the recognized global leader in people analytics and on-demand answers for people-powered business. Founded in 2010 by the pioneers of business intelligence, Visier focuses on what matters to business leaders: answering the right questions, even the ones a person might not know to ask.

The right questions that shape business strategy, provide the impetus for taking action, and drive better business outcomes through workforce optimization. Headquartered in Vancouver, B.C., with offices and team members worldwide, Visier has 15,000 customers in 75 countries around the world, including enterprises like Adobe, BASF, Bridgestone, Electronic Arts, McKesson, Merck KGaA, Uber, and more.

Visier for Financial Services

Make analytics-backed decisions that increase client manager retention, amplify branch performance, and drive sales of your wealth, banking, and insurance products. Growing the best financial services workforce is complex–your people analytics shouldn’t be. Engaged employees are the key to driving revenue. Develop a data-driven people strategy that keeps star employees–and drives client retention. Create an agile banking investment workforce that can pivot on demand. The rapid changes in the financial services industry requires new skills and new ways of thinking to give consumers what they want. Make the right decisions to attract, retain, and develop the team you need. Employees trained to know your products and deliver customer service excellence not only stay longer–they’re proven to increase revenue. Measure the effectiveness of your learning initiatives, monitor skills, and recognize your revenue-generating superstars.

Visier for Hospitality Services

Customer expectations are constantly changing, and your workforce strategy needs to keep up. Make data-backed decisions—fast—to keep employees and guests happy. The hospitality industry is complex. Your people analytics shouldn't be. Engaged employees are the key to driving revenue. Develop a data-driven people strategy that retains star employees, while driving customer satisfaction and repeat visits. Create an agile workforce that pivots on demand.

In the rapidly-changing landscape of the hospitality services industry, you shouldn’t wait to solve your most urgent workforce challenges. Unify your people data and business data in one system to create and activate people strategies that drive results. Connect recruiting data with hiring data to see which sources give you the best results and which factors have the greatest impact on time-to-fill. Visualize how candidates move through your pipeline to spot inefficiencies. Combining survey data, people data, and business data reveals the clearest view of current employee engagement levels. See where burnout and disengagement are highest, and make an action plan to address them quickly.

Life sciences

Leverage accurate people data and strategic workforce planning to stay at the forefront of science and research. Hire and manage highly skilled talent in a tightly regulated industry to keep your workforce and business goals aligned. From research to manufacturing to marketing, the life sciences industry involves managing multiple complex workforces, with unique needs and goals. Use actionable insights to create acquisition, retention, and performance strategies for a diverse organization. Strategically plan for workforce fluctuations when change is on the horizon, such as mergers, acquisitions, and surges in talent acquisition. Predictive analytics and “what-if” modeling enables you to manage your workforce proactively, not reactively. Whether you’re in early research or active manufacturing, understand how your people are impacting your bottom line. Optimize your workforce, identify the traits of high performers, and reward people appropriately for their contributions.

Meet the leader behind the success of Visier

Ryan is the President, CEO and Co-founder of Visier, a cloud-based analytics platform that helps business professionals ask the right questions, see important truths about their business, and plan for a better future. A pioneer in the Business Intelligence Industry, Ryan brings more than twenty years of Business Intelligence (BI) and Enterprise Software expertise to Visier, having led and contributed to the industry’s leading technologies and products.

Prior to co-founding Visier, Ryan was the original author and the Chief Software Architect for the Crystal Enterprise Platform. During his time at Crystal, he led the team through a succession of innovation and growth stages culminating in a successful post-acquisition integration with Business Objects. This was followed by an acquisition by SAP where Ryan continued to lead worldwide BI innovation as Vice President of Engineering for SAP Business Objects.

Ryan’s passion for software, data science and analytics stems from a deep desire to help facilitate fact-based decision making in the business world and beyond. It is his belief that analytic workflows and automation will one day inform everyday activities, making it easier for all of us to make better, more effective choices.

“Visier People is designed to answer mission-critical people questions out-of-the-box so you can make better decisions.”