Reference: Business Questions by Topic

Workday People Analytics surfaces analytics in the form of business questions and focus insights, organized by topic. The business questions for each topic help you gain insight into your organization and discover specific trends and patterns.

Inclusion and Belonging

This topic helps you understand the current demographic of an organization. It can also help you make improvements in the different segments of diversity within an organization.

Business Question	Guidance	Related Metric
What are key trends in female representation?	Surfaces different trends related to gender diversity within an organization. Trends can consist of positive or negative impacts to overall gender diversity for the organization.	Female Representation
Where can we improve female representation?	Surfaces areas in the organization that need improvement in gender equality. This question compares the female representation of the segment to the female representation in the overall company, organization, or region. Improvements in this dimension also drive improvement to the female representation of the overall company or organization.	Female Representation
Where are gaps in female representation in management?	Surfaces areas in the organization that are lacking female representation in management level roles.	Female Representation Filtered on Is Manager = Yes
Where can we improve female retention in the workforce?	Identifies areas where there are low retention rates for female workers in the organization.	Retention Rate Filtered on Females
Where are gaps in promoting females?	Surfaces areas in the organization or key indicators that need improvement in gender diversity for the rate of promotions. This helps ensure equal opportunities in upward mobility within an organization.	Promotion Rate Filtered on Females

Organization Composition

This topic explores business questions related to the structure of an organization.

Business Question	Guidance	Related Metric
Where is the organization growing?	Surfaces areas in the organization that are trending in a positive direction for active headcount growth.	Headcount Growth Rate
What are the outliers in span of control?	Surfaces areas where there might be high or low span of control in the organization by comparing the metric in a particular dimension to the metric for the overall company, region, or organization.	Average Span of Control Excludes unfilled positions
Where are gaps in internal mobility to management?	Surfaces areas of your organization where, compared to other areas, fewer individual contributors, on average, move into management-level roles.	Individual Contributor to Manager Rate
What are outliers in tenure?	Identifies areas in the organization that are categorized as an outlier in average tenure. This could surface areas of high or low tenure in the organization.	Average Tenure
Where are gaps in compa-ratio?	Identifies areas of the organization that are categorized as an outlier in average compa-ratio.	Average Compa-Ratio
Where are gaps in promotions?	Identifies the attributes of workers or the areas that aren't being promoted as much as the overall population of the organization.	Promotion Rate

Retention and Attrition

This topic explores business questions related to why workers are leaving and how to improve retention of workers in an organization.

Business Question	Guidance	Related Metric
What are the key turnover trends?	Reveals turnover trends in the workforce that are impacting the overall attrition rate in a negative way. Very low turnover could lead to stagnant innovation, while high turnover could lead to high financial impact. This question points to problem areas you can focus on and address proactively.	Attrition Rate
Who is leaving?	Surfaces areas in the company where workers are leaving and the possible reasons workers state for why they are leaving an organization. This business question focuses on the gap between the overall company, region, or organization attrition rate and the area that needs attention.	Attrition Rate
Where can we improve retention?	Surfaces areas of the organization that have a high churn rate, with employees leaving in the early years of their tenure.	Retention Rate
Where do we have the lowest tenure for voluntary terminations?	Sheds insight on when people voluntarily leave the organization. This reflects low tenure in the organization.	Average Voluntary Terminations Tenure
Where do we lose the most new hires?	Surfaces areas where new hires with an average tenure of less than 1 year exit the organization.	New Hires Attrition Rate

Hiring

This topic explores business questions related to candidates and requisitions for hiring.

Business Question	Guidance	Related Metric
What are the key trends in hiring?	Surfaces areas within the organization that show anomalies in average time to fill from a historical point of view.	Average Time to Fill
Where does it take longer to hire?	Surfaces areas that deviate from the overall company average for time to hire, as well as drivers of stages that create bottlenecks in the hiring process.	Average Time to Hire
What areas do we need to focus on to stay competitive with offers?	Surfaces areas of the organization that could improve offer acceptance by candidates.	Offer Decline Rate

Talent and Performance

This topic explores business questions related to the talent and performance of workers.

Business Question	Guidance	Related Metric
What are key trends in talent?	Surfaces areas in the organization where workers are flagged as high potentials, providing insight into opportunities for performance growth.	High Potentials Representation
Where are we losing high performers?	Surfaces areas of the organization the business needs to focus on and provides insight on why high performers are leaving the company.	High Performers Voluntary Attrition Rate
Where can we focus to improve performance?	Surfaces areas within the organization that show variances of high performers deviating from the norm by comparing to the high performers rate for the company, region, or organization.	High Performers Rate

Skills

This topic explores the skills data of your workforce.

Business Question	Guidance	Related Metric
Where are opportunities to upskill workers?	Highlights areas of the organization to upskill workers and improve worker skill sets.	Average Gap Score