Overview
When Peter Gibbons, the lead character from Office Space (1999), messed up some paperwork on his job, he had to answer to eight different managers who came by his cubicle that day to pester him about it. That’s an Organizational depth problem. The metrics in the Leadership chapter will show how appointed leaders fit within the structure of your organization, so that you can avoid the type of situation Peter had to put up with.
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The top of the Stories page will display all the available Chapters so you can click the one you want to see.
Leadership metrics
Overview metrics
Overview metrics
Rewards overview metrics are metrics you can see at a glance. Metrics are now in textual form. By clicking bolded text or the avatars, a list with names, teams/locations, and the date of starting/leaving will appear.
⏳ Overview metrics are not affected by the time filter.
Metrics included:
Organizational depth
Organizational depth in the organization.
External hires for leadership positions
External hires for leadership positions are expressed in absolute numbers and percentages.
Internal hires for leadership positions
Internal hires for leadership positions are expressed in absolute numbers and percentages.
Median time to be internally promoted to the leadership position
Median time to be internally promoted to the leadership position in the organization.
Leadership essentials
Management Span of Control
Management Span of Control
A metric within the Leadership story chapter.
Definition
Management Span of Control shows the average number of permanent employees or subordinates per manager's organization. The metric can be observed from the top, middle, and front-line management standpoint. Front-line managers are the ones who manage individual contributors, middle managers manage other managers, and top managers are C-1 level.
Insight to
The number of subordinates highlights the balance of organizational design and the company's organizational capacity to plan for scaling properly.
How we calculate this
This metric is calculated for each manager type (top, middle and front) by dividing the total number of active employees by the total number of managers by type.
Source data
Extracted from HRIS.
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Available filters
Age
Department
Division
Race/Ethnicity
Gender
Generation
Location
Manager
Team
Tenure
Organizational Depth
Organizational Depth
A metric within the Leadership story chapter.
Definition
Organizational Depth indicates the extent of company layering by showing the number of organizational levels.
Insight to
It indicates organizational complexity and hierarchical structure.
How we calculate this
Organizational Depth (T) = Number of organizational levels at time T
Source data
Extracted from HRIS.
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Available filters
Department
Division
Location
Manager
Team
Team Dispersion
Team Dispersion
A metric within the Leadership story chapter.
Definition
Team dispersion shows how geo-distributed your teams are. The closer the number is to 0 your organizational unit would be more collocated. Inversely, the closer the number is to 100%, it would mean that your company is completely distributed.
Insight to
Team dispersion provides insights into your organizational structure by exploring the geo-remoteness of your teams and departments. More dispersed teams usually bring into organization strong diversity bonuses, and the quality-of-work payoffs are usually high, but are often harder to manage due to their complex nature. Geo-agnostic teams require tighter team norms, structured employee onboarding, and managed cultural brokerage.
How we calculate this
(1 - Sum (Proportion of individuals in Location L)² for each Location L) x 100
Source data
Extracted from HRIS.
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Available filters
Department
Team
Each entry includes a definition, calculation method, the origin of source data, and a list of available filters.
Source of metrics
Metrics for the Leadership chapter are extracted from your HRIS.
The metrics will only show up if you connected the required external data sources to your People Analytics account. If the data required to construct a specific metric is missing, a placeholder is displayed instead:
☝️ Example of a placeholder pointing out a missing metric
If you need help, follow the instructions to connect external data sources to your People Analytics account.
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