Metrics & Reporting
Transfer Portal Trends: What Spring Movement Reveals About Athlete Value
Why Transfer Portal Analytics Matter More Than Ever Each spring, the NCAA Transfer Portal dominates conversations in college athletics. As teams finalize spring practice rosters, coaches weigh roster needs against incoming transfers, NIL opportunities, and long-term strategic planning. In 2026, the Portal is more than a compilation of names. The Portal has become a data-rich…
Read MoreFrom the NWSL to the Office: How Data Empowers Women at Every Level
Why Performance Data Matters More Than Ever for Women’s Advancement March is Women’s History Month, a time to recognize the progress women have made across sports, business, and leadership. In women’s professional sports, especially the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), data has become a powerful tool for making informed decision-making possible and for creating a…
Read MoreMarch Madness by the Numbers: How Data Shapes Tournament Success
Data and Decision-Making on the Biggest Stage March Madness isn’t just about buzzer‑beaters and upsets. It’s a showcase of how data and analytics influence strategic business decisions. Coaches, scouts, and analysts rely on performance metrics, lineup efficiencies, and predictive models to guide everything from rotation patterns to defensive strategy. Today’s college basketball analytics ecosystem uses…
Read MoreThe Rising Value of NIL Deals in College Football
Why NIL Matters More This Season The 2025 college football season shaped up to be one of the most influential yet for Name, Image, and Likeness opportunities. As the playoff race intensified, NIL deals became a powerful force in how athletes build their brands and how companies measure sponsorship ROI. This past year, NIL activity…
Read MoreAdvanced Reporting in HR HelpDesk
The best HR Help Desk systems also do an excellent job of collecting the data HR needs to track trends, see HR’s performance impact on the organization, expose problems and more. With a wide array of reports, HR can really control reporting and analytics. LBi HR HelpDesk provides a variety of standard and customizable…
Read MoreUnderstanding Big Data to Streamline HR Decision-Making
Each day companies of all sizes utilize big data to uncover insights in their industry. From financial institutions to sports organizations and every business type in between, they understand that recognizing trends is one of the most vital solutions in their landscape. The same goes for Human Resources departments. At LBi, our latest version of…
Read MoreReports vs. Key Performance Indicators (KPI) vs. Analytics in HR
Yes, there is a difference. Reports summarize current and past data. KPIs measure degrees of success based on the comparison of summarized data (actual) to forecast. Analytics are typically used to predict future performance. In other words: Reports (metrics) = what happened KPI = why it happened Analytics = how can we improve This is…
Read MoreCombining HR Help Desk Data with External Data Sources
LBi HR Help Desk is known for its flexible reporting templates – more than 15 templates HR can access to build a wide array of powerful and productive custom reports. These templates in aggregate provide end users with access to virtually all of HR Help Desk’s data fields. Using HR Help Desk’s export feature, data…
Read MoreHR Help Desk – Reporting & Analytics
LBi HR Help Desk provides a wide variety of standard and customizable reports that HR can use to improve their operations, as well as delivering analytics that can impact the entire organization. Whether users run standard reports or extract specific data points to use in external analytics systems such as Excel, Crystal, Business Objects or…
Read MoreHow Big Data is Transforming Human Resources
Advances in technology have transformed the role of human resources (HR) professionals over the past 50 years. Today’s HR specialists are expected to take on strategic planning that adds value to the company’s bottom line — a big change from HR’s early days of basic data entry. In the very near future, the role of…
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