The Human Factor

How to Realize the Potential of your People and your Business

Identify what the human factor is and how to leverage it to drive performance.
EAN: 9781398618169
Edition: 1
Published:
Format: 234x156
344 pages

About the book

Are you leveraging the human factor to deliver measurable business results?

The Human Factor
by Simon Humphreys and Michael Esau is a strategic guide for senior HR leaders, organizational development executives and business decision-makers who want to unlock the full potential of their workforce to drive sustainable performance.

Written by an expert team with over 50 years' combined experience, this book provides proven tools for embedding the human factor into strategy, culture and operations. It offers a framework for aligning purpose, technology, analytics and organizational change with measurable impact.

You'll discover how to:
- Define and embed organizational purpose that drives alignment and performance
- Develop a culture that supports attraction, retention and wellbeing
- Use analytics to inform people strategy and guide transformation
- Build the case for change and lead continual workforce improvement

Combining strategic models, real-world examples and data-led insights, The Human Factor equips senior leaders to design people strategies that deliver ROI, strengthen competitive advantage and sustain success in a changing business environment.

Themes include: human factor strategy, organizational culture, people analytics, governance, sustainable performance

About the authors

Michael Esau is a Global Value Advisor at SAP with over 25 years' experience in delivering organizational development solutions, cultural transformations and employee engagement strategies.

Simon Humphreys is a Global Solution Architect at SAP with 30 years experience, working with clients globally on how to maximize return on HR technology investments.

The authors co-host The Human Factor Podcast.


A masterclass in harnessing the human element for organizational success. The Human Factor is a transformative guide for leaders to unlock the potential of their people through actionable insights, strategic clarity and most importantly, the human touch.

Gethin Nadin, Multi-Award-Winning Psychologist and bestselling HR author