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Driving Performance

Does any of this sound familiar?

I'm losing good people, and I still don't know why.

The review, end-to-end

Performance Review

A three-step cycle: set Balanced-Scorecard objectives + competencies, track check-ins through the period, then rate, agree, and sign off.

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Appraisal · Maya D. · Staff Engineer2025–2026 Cycle
Step 1 of 3
Setting objectivesCheck-insPerformance ReviewDone
Learning & Growth1/3Internal Process0/3Customer0/3Financial2/3
Financial · Objective 1
Grow recurring revenue to $2.4M ARR while holding cost-per-feature under $48k.
Revenue contributionQuarterly
Cost per featureMonthly
Add an objective
A SMART check runs automatically when you add the objective.
Set the direction

Strategy the whole company rows to.

The CEO writes one statement per Balanced-Scorecard perspective, publishes, and every department head sets their own goals against it.

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2025–2026 Cycle · 4/4 scorecards written.
Learning & Growth 1/1Internal Process 1/1Customer 1/1Financial 1/1
Set the Financial direction
Grow recurring revenue to $2.4M ARR while holding cost-per-feature under $48k.
Reads as SMART
A SMART check runs automatically when you save.
What good looks like

Competency Framework

Start from the 54-competency Pentarc library, let AI tailor one to your strategy, or upload your own — mapped to 5 organizational levels.

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Pentarc Competency Library54 competencies
5 organizational levels · Awareness / Application / Mastery indicators per level
AwarenessApplicationMastery
Setting Direction
11
Strategic Vision & Planning
Commercial Awareness & Business Acumen
Cost Control & Budget Management
Innovative Thinking & Creative Culture
Responding to & Leading Change
+6 more
Engaging People
20
Performance Management
Coaching & Feedback
Talent Development & Learning Culture
Delegation & Empowerment
Clarity, Transparency & Active Listening
+15 more
Delivering Results
23
Result Focus & Commitment
Planning, Organizing & Execution
Initiative & Proactivity
Customer Understanding & Responsiveness
Service Quality & Continuous Improvement
+18 more
Tracking, simplified

One color. One comment.

No spreadsheets of targets and pacing math. Each period, managers mark every report's KPI green, amber, or red and say why.

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Green
5
Amber
2
Red
1
Not tracked
3
MD
Maya D.· Staff Engineer
Revenue contribution
FinancialQuarterly · Q2 2026
Pacing ~6% under plan this quarter — the new enterprise logo closes in July and brings it back on track.
The whole company, one glance

KPI health, color-coded.

Everyone's dashboard, scoped to their part of the org. The CEO sees the whole company; a manager sees their sub-tree. Click a color, then a KPI for the reason.

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Overview
Your organization · 2025–2026 Cycle
12KPIs
Red
1
8%
Amber
3
25%
Green
7
58%
Not tracked
1
8%
Amber KPIs · 3
Revenue contribution
Maya D. · Financial
Q2 2026

Pacing ~6% under plan this quarter — the new enterprise logo closes in July.

Amber · set by Sam Moreno · Q2 2026

The payoff screen

The talent map your board asks for.

Every appraisal's objective + competency scores plot the population on a 3×3 grid — performance across, potential up. Auto-placed at sign-off, re-sliceable by department or manager.

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Nine-Box Talent GridWhole company · 20 placed
High
pot.
Med
pot.
Low
pot.
Enigma1
Growth Employee3
Star2
Effective2
Core Player4
High Performer3
Talent Risk1
Solid Performer2
High Professional2
Low perf.Med perf.High perf.
Invest / promote / retainDevelop / watchAddress / flight risk
More modules

Every part of the review. One record.

Direction, goals, competencies, tracking, and the talent map all read from the same data — set up once, reused everywhere.

Performance review

Three steps: Balanced-Scorecard objectives, period check-ins, 1–5 ratings + IDP + digital sign-off.

Strategic direction

The CEO sets direction per BSC perspective; department heads set their goals against it.

Competency framework

54-competency Pentarc library mapped to 5 org levels, AI builder, or upload your own.

KPI color tracking

Each period, mark every report's KPI green / amber / red with a short comment. No pacing math.

KPI health dashboard

A color overview of KPI health scoped to your part of the org — click through to the reason.

Nine-box talent grid

Performance × potential, auto-populated from appraisal scores. Re-sliceable by team.

Performance cycles

Open, activate, and lock review cycles. One active cycle per org keeps everyone aligned.

Goal 1:1s

Agenda, notes, and action items for the goal-setting and review conversations.

AI inside

AI where it counts.

Embedded in the review flow, not bolted on. No shelfware, no "coming soon".

Live

Competency Builder

Answer 5 questions about your strategy and get a tailored 10-competency framework.

Live

SMART check

Every objective and strategic-direction statement is auto-checked for clarity, with a sharper rewrite.

Live

IDP suggestions

Turns low-rated competencies and missed objectives into concrete development actions.

Built for trust

Enterprise security, SME terms.

2FA (TOTP)

Per-user opt-in. MFA re-verification on high-risk actions.

AES-256-GCM

Field-level encryption for comp, IDs, bank details at rest.

Per-org isolation

Every query scoped to its org. No shared indexes across tenants.

Audit log

Admin actions, sensitive views, masking helpers baked in.

Pricing

Free until 15. Fair after that.

Per active employee. Monthly. No setup fees, no minimums, no lock-in. Free for your first 15 people.

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$0
up to 15 employees
  • Performance review
  • Competency framework
  • KPI color tracking
  • Email support
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Plans roll up to the real seats you're actively using — verified monthly against your active employee count.