What Is the People Analyzer?
Get clearer about company fit and seat fit. The People Analyzer helps you assess people against your Core Values and GWC. It separates two important questions: Is this the Right Person for your company? And are they in the Right Seat?
That distinction gives you a clearer way to talk about people Issues and expectations.
Why Use the People Analyzer?
The People Analyzer gives you a shared, objective way to talk about people.
Sometimes you know a people Issue exists, but the conversation stays vague. A person may produce good results while regularly acting against your Core Values. Someone else may fit the culture well but struggle with the responsibilities of their seat.
Those are different people Issues, and they require different conversations.
The People Analyzer helps you separate company fit from seat fit so you can be more specific about whatโs working, what isnโt, and what needs attention.
How Do You Use the People Analyzer?
Use the People Analyzer to assess Core Values and GWC separately, then look at both together.
Set Up the People Analyzer
List the people youโre assessing and your companyโs Core Values.
Use the final three columns for GWC, and make sure the Accountability Chart clearly defines the seat youโre evaluating.
Establish The Bar
The Bar defines the minimum Core Values standard someone must meet to be the Right Person for your company.
Your leadership team sets that standard before assessing individual people.
For a company with five Core Values, EOS recommends a Bar of three pluses, two plus/minuses, and no minuses. Treat that as a recommended standard, not a rule every company must use.
Assess Each Core Value
Rate how consistently each person demonstrates each Core Value.
A + means the person consistently lives the Core Value.
A +/- means the person sometimes demonstrates the Core Value and sometimes does not.
A โ means the person does not live the Core Value.
Assess GWC
Determine whether the person Gets It, Wants It, and has the Capacity to Do It for the seat.
Each answer is yes or no.
Someone needs three yes answers to GWC the seat.
Talk About What the Assessment Shows
The People Analyzer is most useful when it leads to a clear conversation.
Recognize where the person meets expectations. Be specific where they do not. Make sure they understand what the ratings mean and what, if anything, needs to change.
What Does Right People, Right Seats Mean?
Right People, Right Seats means someone fits your company and fits the seat they hold.
A Right Person meets or exceeds The Bar for your Core Values.
A person in the Right Seat Gets It, Wants It, and has the Capacity to Do It.
You need both.
Someone can be a great cultural fit and still be in the wrong seat. Someone can perform a role well and still fall below your Core Values standard.
The People Analyzer helps you see those situations more clearly.
When Should You Use the People Analyzer?
Use the People Analyzer quarterly to assess Core Values and GWC, or whenever a people Issue requires more clarity.
Start with the leadership team as you establish and validate your Core Values. As managers become comfortable with the tool, you can use it more broadly throughout the company.
The People Analyzer is also useful when preparing for Quarterly Conversations because it gives you a concrete basis for discussing Core Values and GWC.
How Does the People Analyzer Connect to EOS?
The People Analyzer brings several EOS Tools together around one question: Do you have the Right People in the Right Seats?
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