HR Mirror 500: Beyond dashboards, Stories HR is missing

In today’s rapidly evolving world of work, HR is undergoing profound paradigm shifts. Digital tools, dashboards, and AI platforms are everywhere, yet many organizations still grapple with a fundamental question: “What do we truly know about our people?” The HR Mirror 500 (HR Analytics Handbook) is designed to answer that, offering a practitioner-first roadmap to building maturity in people analytics. Structured as a multi-volume series, it dives into the core dimensions of workforce insights—Headcount, Engagement, Performance, Pay, and Attrition—translating complex data into clear metrics, models, and decision-making frameworks.
Whether you’re an HR practitioner setting up reporting, a leader seeking sharper insights, a business manager aiming to influence people strategy, or an aspiring analyst eager to connect data with stories, this handbook equips you with the essentials. Each volume enables step-by-step mastery, starting with headcount fundamentals and progressing to more strategic impact areas. By moving beyond traditional descriptive reporting, the series helps organizations uncover diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive insights—bridging the critical gap between HR data and business decisions.