Staff profiles

A person’s profile is the single place to understand and manage their development. If you want to know anything about someone — what’s expected of them, where they stand, and the context behind it — start here.

What a profile brings together

• Expectations — every skill expected of the person, both inherited from their role and assigned directly through their career plan.
• Skill progress — current level and mastery for each skill, built from discrete observations — expert assessments captured over time. See Calculating mastery.
• Role metrics — continuous, data-driven KPIs assessed automatically from your data, shown as per-person sparklines alongside skills. These complement skill observations: metrics for what can be measured, observations for what needs an expert’s eye. See Role metrics.
• Notes — general notes, tasks, and wins captured over time (see Notes).
• Career plan — direct skill assignments and an open-ended development plan for growth beyond the role (see Career plans).

Prioritizing skills

Not every skill matters equally at every moment. From the profile you can prioritize the skills to focus on for this person right now, so coaching and Meetings center on what will move the needle without losing sight of the rest. This is the per-person complement to a role’s designations: the role sets the baseline, and the profile lets you tune the focus for the individual.

Using the profile

Use it to prepare for a Meeting — see what’s strong, what’s thin, and what to focus on next — and to recognize progress as skills reach mastery. For team-wide views, see Reporting.