Evidence-informed analysis
We use validated research principles and structured workforce analysis to separate signal from noise.
Research & credentials
Great Blue Analytics brings research discipline, practical HR analytics, and clear recommendations to consequential workforce decisions.
Our approach
Each engagement connects workforce data to the operational questions leaders need to answer: what is happening, why it matters, and what to do next.
We use validated research principles and structured workforce analysis to separate signal from noise.
Findings are interpreted against your organization, operating environment, and decision at hand.
Leaders receive a clear, practical path forward with priorities, owners, and measures.
Great Blue Analytics was founded by Dr. Daniel D. Goering, whose peer-reviewed research examines employee burnout, person–group fit, workplace discrimination, and the career and job outcomes that determine whether people stay, thrive, or leave.
His work has appeared in Harvard Business Review and leading peer-reviewed management journals including the Journal of Management, Personnel Psychology, and the Journal of Organizational Behavior. Great Blue Analytics LLC is an independent company, separate from Missouri State University.
Published research
Dr. Goering's peer-reviewed work directly informs how Great Blue Analytics diagnoses workforce risk, validates hiring decisions, and guides organizations through change.
Li, C. S., Goering, D. D., Liao, H., & Zhang, Q.
DOI: 10.1177/01492063241292568Key insight
Discrimination doesn't operate uniformly across groups — and the costs to organizations that ignore that nuance are measurable. This research reveals how Asian American employees navigate distinct forms of workplace bias that standard DEI frameworks often miss, with direct implications for retention risk and team cohesion.
In practice: Informs Great Blue Analytics' Deep Dive assessments of team fit, inclusion climate, and hidden retention risk.
Tirol-Carmody, K. B., Li, C. S., Goering, D. D., & Henry, S. E.
DOI: 10.1111/peps.12675Key insight
Stereotypes about White women in the workplace are more complex — and more consequential — than popular narratives suggest. This research unpacks how cultural tropes shape performance perceptions and interpersonal dynamics, with real implications for promotion decisions, team trust, and harassment risk.
In practice: Informs Great Blue Analytics' Hiring Sonar fit assessments and Deep Dive team-dynamics diagnostics.
Li, C. S., Goering, D. D., Montanye, M. R., & Su, R.
DOI: 10.1002/job.2510Key insight
Career attitudes — how employees think about their own career trajectory — predict job satisfaction, performance, and turnover in ways that vary significantly by organizational context. This meta-analysis synthesizes decades of research to show which attitudes matter most, and when. The practical upshot: hiring for attitude-environment fit is as important as hiring for skills.
In practice: The empirical foundation for Great Blue Analytics' Hiring Sonar pre-hire fit validation and career-environment matching.
Selected references
Career and workforce research translated for business leaders.
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