Elissa Tucker

Elissa Tucker is Principal Research Lead, Human Capital Management, at APQC.

6 ways to make redundant HR tasks a thing of the past

As business-critical demands on HR’s time grow, the drive to remove repetitive and redundant work, also known as "nonvalue-added work," is taking on new urgency.

Why new hire retention should be on everyone’s dashboard in 2025

Poor new hire retention can impact an organization in many different ways, but HR has a lot of tools at its fingertips to help.

Boost training efficiency and close skills gaps with internal HR benchmarking

If you're not benchmarking within your own four walls, you may be missing opportunities to find improvements that lead to breakthrough performance for key HR processes.

3 cost-per-hire conversations HR needs to have with leaders

HR can play a critical role in helping C-suite leaders understand cost-per-hire and its long-term business impacts, this expert writes.

3 strategies to protect your employee learning budget for 2025

Knowing how to measure your employee learning spend and how to defend your budget to business leaders are critical to your organization's business success.

What’s the ‘right’ number of HR employees?

If your HR staff productivity isn’t where you want it to be, there are at least five investment areas to focus on, this expert writes.

Don’t forget internal talent in workforce planning and recruiting

Internal hiring can be a powerful and effective tool in HR’s workforce planning toolkit, but it needs to be supported with the right infrastructure and resources.

3 key steps for using data to address employee turnover

These strategies can help organizations understand the story behind their turnover and select the most impactful interventions to address it.

How to reduce time to hire without sacrificing candidate quality

Finding an optimal hiring cycle time begins with benchmarking research and must also including an evaluation of the people, processes and technology involved in hiring.