Eight Modules · One Platform

Everything people management requires — in one place.

Most organizations run management across five or six disconnected tools. Cadence replaces them with one connected operating plane — and produces intelligence none of them can individually.

💬 1:1 Engine 🎯 Goals ⬛ 9-Box 📋 ER ⭐ Recognition 📊 Surveys 🏗️ Job Architecture 🏆 Culture Scorecard
Module 01 · 💬 1:1 Management Engine

The heartbeat of Cadence.

Every functional management relationship runs through the 1:1. Cadence makes it structural — not aspirational. Structured agendas, AI-captured meeting notes, and private coaching after every conversation, for both participants.

Most organizations run 1:1s inconsistently, document them nowhere, and lose every insight the moment the call ends. Cadence captures the meeting, surfaces the patterns, and turns every conversation into a coaching moment.

  • Shared agenda builder — both parties contribute, nothing gets forgotten
  • AI-generated meeting summaries with key decisions and action items
  • Private post-meeting coaching for the manager: what went well, what to improve
  • Private post-meeting coaching for the employee: how to get more from 1:1s
  • Meeting health metrics: frequency, talk-time ratio, topic coverage
  • Manager-employee relationship history — every 1:1, searchable, private
1:1 · Sarah Chen & Marcus Webb
Today's Agenda
In Progress
📋 Q2 goal progress review · ⚡ Blocker: infra team delay · 🎯 Career growth conversation
AI Meeting Summary
3 decisions · 2 action items · 34 min · Marcus: 58% talk time
✦ Private Manager Coaching
→ Sarah raised the blocker twice — follow up with Priya by Friday
→ Career conversation went unfinished — schedule dedicated 30 min
→ Talk time balance: aim for 60/40 employee lead next session
Module 02 · 🎯 Goals & OKR Tracking

Accountability built into the conversation.

Goals that live in a separate system are goals that get reviewed once a quarter. Cadence surfaces live goal context in every 1:1 — so accountability is part of the conversation, not a bolt-on at review time.

Set goals at every level, track progress in real time, and see trend analysis over time. When a goal goes off-track, the 1:1 is where you address it — and Cadence makes sure you do.

  • Company, team, and individual goal cascading
  • OKR framework with weighted key results
  • Live progress visible in every 1:1 sidebar
  • Trend analysis: velocity, blockers, pattern detection
  • Goal health scoring with AI-generated recommendations
  • Review cycle integration — no separate performance tool needed
Goals — Q2 2026 · Sarah Chen
Launch API v2 to 3 enterprise customers
At Risk 62%
Blocker flagged in last 2 1:1s · Due Jun 30
Complete SOC 2 Type II readiness
On Track 88%
Publish 4 technical blog posts
In Progress 75%
Module 03 · ⬛ 9-Box Talent Calibration

Calibration with intelligence, not just a view.

The 9-box is the most consequential conversation most organizations have about their people — and most run it on gut feeling, recency bias, and whoever speaks loudest in the room.

Cadence runs blind dual-rating: the L1 manager and L2 leader submit their ratings independently, without seeing each other's. When they diverge significantly, the system triggers structured coaching on where the gap likely comes from. No politics. No anchoring.

  • Blind dual-rating: L1 and L2 submit independently
  • Divergence scoring with bias-coaching prompts when L1/L2 gap exceeds threshold
  • Automatic top-right KVD (Key Value Driver) nominations with retention flag
  • Bottom-left structured intervention workflows — PIP, role recasting, or transition
  • 9-box movement tracking across cycles — who's trending up, who's stagnating
  • Connected to Job Architecture for role-fit analysis
9-Box Calibration · Engineering Team · Q2 2026
↑ L1/L2 Divergence Detected
→ Sarah Chen: L1 rates High/High · L2 rates Medium/High
→ Recency gap likely: L1 in daily contact, L2 based on Q1 data
Module 04 · 📋 ER Command Center

ER cases are expensive. Cadence reduces how many open.

Most ER tools manage cases after they surface. Cadence prevents the management failures that create them — by coaching managers in real time, tracking recognition ratios, and flagging declining patterns before they become formal issues.

When a case does open, it opens with full context: every 1:1 note, every recognition interaction, every goal conversation, every prior HR touchpoint. Nothing starts cold.

  • Full case lifecycle: verbal warning → written → PIP → separation
  • Case history connected to the full management record
  • HR and manager views with role-appropriate access controls
  • PIP builder with structured check-in cadence and measurable milestones
  • Recidivism tracking — flag employees or managers with pattern histories
  • Manager problem-solver score: upstream prevention metric
ER Command Center
Active Cases
4
In PIP
2
Resolved (90d)
7
Jordan Mills — Performance PIP
Week 3/8
Mgr: Chris Park · Last check-in: 2 days ago · Prior: 3 recognition gaps flagged
Alex Torres — Verbal Warning
Overdue follow-up
Mgr: Lisa Wong · Last 1:1: 18 days ago · AI flagged relationship risk
Module 05 · ⭐ Recognition & Rewards

Recognition as accountability, not wallpaper.

Recognition platforms often become noise — a feed of "congrats" posts that nobody reads and management ignores. Cadence treats recognition as an operational metric with real teeth.

The 5:1 ratio — five positive interactions for every corrective one — is tracked per manager in real time and visible to their L2. If a manager is running at 2:1, their leadership knows it. That visibility changes behavior.

  • 5:1 Rule tracking per manager — ratio surfaced in real time
  • L2 visibility: every manager's recognition ratio on the leadership dashboard
  • Peer, manager, and cross-functional recognition channels
  • Values tagging — connect recognition to company values
  • Recognition gaps: AI flags employees with no recognition in 30+ days
  • Reward integration hooks (points, gift cards, experiences)
Recognition · Manager Dashboard
Your Ratio (30d)
6.2:1
Team Avg
4.1:1
At-Risk (0 recog.)
1
Sarah Chen — Above & Beyond
Shipped API v2 two weeks early · Collaboration · Growth Mindset
⚠ Marcus Webb — 31 days without recognition
AI suggests: acknowledge the Q1 incident response work
Module 06 · 📊 Survey Engine

Survey data that connects to a manager, not just a department.

Most survey tools produce beautiful company-level dashboards that tell you something is wrong but not where or why. Cadence connects aggregate survey signals to the manager responsible — so you know which team has a problem, and whose leadership is driving it.

Pulse, engagement, exit, and stay interviews all flow through the same engine, cross-referenced with 1:1 quality, recognition ratios, and ER activity.

  • Pulse, engagement, exit, and stay interview templates
  • Manager-level signal attribution — not just department scores
  • AI-generated comment summaries — themes surfaced in hours, not days
  • Cross-signal correlation: survey + 1:1 quality + recognition ratio
  • Anonymous response guarantees with minimum cohort sizes
  • Manager action planning from survey results
Q2 2026 Engagement Survey · Results
Participation
91%
eNPS
+42
Mgr Score
7.8
⚠ Engineering Team — Below avg on "I know what's expected"
Correlated: Chris Park has lowest 1:1 completion rate (58%) in org
✦ AI Theme Summary
→ Clarity gaps concentrated in new hires (< 6 months)
→ "Career growth" mentioned 34 times — rising from 12 last quarter
Module 07 · 🏗️ Job Architecture

Career paths that are always current and always visible.

Nothing breaks trust faster than an employee who doesn't know what's expected at their level — or what they'd need to do to grow. Job Architecture gives everyone a living role definition, surfaced in context every time the manager sits down with them.

Role recasting and role creation flow directly from 9-box outcomes. If a calibration reveals a structural role misfit, the architecture is there to address it immediately.

  • Living role definitions — maintained, versioned, always current
  • Competency frameworks with level-by-level expectations
  • Career path mapping: horizontal and vertical growth paths
  • Visible in every 1:1 — both parties see the role context
  • 9-box-triggered role recasting workflows
  • Compensation banding integration
Job Architecture · Software Engineer L3
Core Expectations — L3
✓ Delivers independently on well-scoped projects · ✓ Reviews peers effectively
✓ Identifies architectural tradeoffs · → Ready: Cross-team influence (L4 gate)
Growth Path → L4
3 gaps identified
Cross-team project lead · Technical design doc · External presentation
1:1 Context
→ Sarah is ready for L4 cross-team project — suggest Q3 ownership
Module 08 · 🏆 Culture Scorecard

The intelligence no fragmented stack can produce.

No competitor can correlate 1:1 quality + ER patterns + recognition ratios + survey sentiment + goal attainment + 9-box movement into one composite score. They don't own all the planes. Cadence does.

The Culture Scorecard is what you get when all eight modules run together. It's not a dashboard — it's the health of your organization, made legible.

  • Manager effectiveness scoring: composite of all signals
  • Turnover prediction: early warning at team and individual level
  • Heat maps: visual org health across locations, teams, levels
  • A-player environment scoring: are your best people in contexts where they'll stay?
  • Board-ready culture reporting
  • Trend lines: org health over time, not just snapshots
Culture Scorecard · Q2 2026
Org Health Score
82
↑ +5 from Q1
Turnover Risk
Medium
3 individuals flagged
Manager Effectiveness
87/100
A-Player Retention
94%
SIGNAL CONTRIBUTION
1:1 QualityStrong
Recognition RatioAt Risk (2 mgrs)

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