From HR Metrics to EBITDA: The Rise of Business HR

6 Nov 2026·5:00 a.m. CET/4:00 a.m. GMT/11:00 p.m. EST

webinar

Session description

Most HR teams can report what is happening in their workforce. Few can say what it means for the business, why it is happening, or what each option would cost.

In this webinar, Dr. Janet L. Walsh and Dirk Jonker show how to move from a workforce signal to a business decision: understand what is happening, find out why, put a financial value on the options, and measure what happens next.

They’ll follow that path through to EBITDA and enterprise value, examine where AI can help and where it cannot, and show how to get started with the systems and data you already have.

One example they’ll explore: what happens when an organization buys talent instead of building it?

What you’ll learn

A practical path from report to decision

Leave with a practical way to take workforce questions beyond reporting, understand what they mean for the business, and decide what to do next.

Calculate the financial impact of a workforce metric through to EBITDA and enterprise value.
Move from report to decision using the five-question sequence.
Assess where AI can move HR from reporting to anticipation, and where it cannot.
Identify a viable starting point across data, the Business HR engine, governance, experience and partnership.

SPEAKERS

Meet your speakers

Where research and practical experience in connecting workforce decisions to business outcomes.

Dr. Janet L. Walsh

CEO & President, Birchtree Global

Dr. Janet L. Walsh’s research examines how business strategy, HR infrastructure and customer satisfaction work together to drive financial performance. In this session, she introduces the linking theory behind Business HR and how workforce measures connect to financial outcomes.

Dirk Jonker

Founder & CEO, Crunchr

Dirk Jonker is the founder and CEO of Crunchr. In this session, he takes workforce signals from analysis to action, using examples including build-versus-buy talent decisions and sales turnover, and examines where AI can contribute to better workforce decisions.

Free to attend
Earn HRCI recertification credit

60 minutes, online

6 November, time 11:00 a.m. ET / 4:00 p.m. GMT / 5:00 p.m. CET.