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What should a people analytics dashboard show leaders?

A clear headline helps. The surrounding context makes it useful.

The short answer

A people analytics dashboard should help leaders answer a defined business question. For employee happiness, that means a clear measure, its collection period, participation and the feedback behind it. Add relevant comparisons and a route to the next action. One number alone cannot explain what changed or who needs support.

Illustration of colleagues grouping individual feedback notes into themes

Read the headline with its context

01

What does the number mean?

Check the question, scale and collection period. In EHS, 72 is a score on a proprietary 0–100 index, not the percentage of employees who are happy.

02

Who took part?

Read participation against invitations sent. Consider who may be missing and whether a different respondent mix could affect comparisons. Verification is a participation status.

03

What sits behind it?

Look at the spread of responses, comments, recurring themes and department views where available. An overall average can conceal different experiences.

A useful review ends with a decision

EHS brings the Cycle score together with supporting feedback. The score is available after the collection window closes, provided the Cycle is verified. Opening the dashboard again does not create a new measurement. Check-in responses add context between Cycles and do not update the headline score.

Ask EHS helps authorised users explore feedback in plain language. Check its answer against the underlying comments and the period being discussed. It supports interpretation; it does not establish the cause of a change.

Consider an illustrative review: the score is steady, but several comments describe difficult handovers. That is a reason to investigate the handover process, not proof that the overall score is wrong or that everyone has the same concern. Assign an owner, agree what to explore and give employees a date for an update.

Access also matters. An organisation can appoint up to five EHS Champions with organisation-wide access to manage EHS and review feedback. A management title does not automatically grant access. Use summaries carefully and protect recognisable details in comments.

Alongside any dashboard, keep a simple action record: what was heard, what will be done, who owns it and when it will be reviewed. The value comes from how the findings are used.

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