Performance Review for Manager: Time with Each Team Member
The Performance Review for Manager view in Workalizer shows how much time a manager spends with each team member in meetings and chats. It is built around the Individual Communication Time widget so you can see 1:1 balance, spot under-connected reports, and prepare for manager-level reviews.
What Is Performance Review for Manager?
Performance Review for Manager is Workalizer’s manager-focused report: it answers one central question—how much time does this manager spend with each direct report?—in meetings (Google Meet) and in chat (Google Chat). Unlike the Employee view, which is about the employee’s own activity, the Manager view is about the manager’s distribution of attention across the team. It helps you see whether 1:1 and team contact are balanced, whether some people are over- or under-served, and whether the manager’s time investment matches priorities (e.g. new joiners, high performers, or at-risk reports). HR and leadership use it to support manager effectiveness, span-of-control discussions, and fairness in attention; managers use it to self-assess and adjust how they spend time with each report.
Who Benefits
- Managers: To see their own time allocation across direct reports and adjust 1:1 and team contact.
- HR and Leadership: To support manager effectiveness, span-of-control reviews, and fairness in attention.
- Coaches and L&D: To discuss time investment and communication patterns with people leaders.
Integrating Workalizer Insights into the Performance Review Process
You can use the Manager view in several ways within the performance review process:
- Manager self-review: Before a manager’s own performance or development conversation, the manager opens the Manager tab, sets the period (e.g. last quarter), and reviews Individual Communication Time. They can see exactly how much meeting and chat time each report received, identify anyone who may be under-connected, and prepare to discuss how they will rebalance if needed.
- Reviewing the manager (by their manager or HR): When evaluating a people leader, use the Manager view to assess whether their time allocation is fair and aligned with expectations (e.g. more time with new hires or key talent). Combine it with the Performance Review for Employee for specific reports to see whether the manager’s attention aligns with the employee’s activity and needs.
- Calibration and coaching: Use the data to coach managers on 1:1 discipline, meeting hygiene, or chat responsiveness. Reference concrete numbers (e.g. “You’re at 2 hours with Person A and 20 minutes with Person B this quarter”) so the conversation is evidence-based.
Integrating these insights makes manager reviews and coaching more objective and actionable.
Using AI Insights to Save Time and Uncover Hidden Insights
Where the Manager view supports AI Insights, using it delivers time saving and hidden insights that are easy to miss when you only look at the raw numbers.
- Time saving: Instead of comparing every bar or row yourself, click AI Insights on the Manager widget. Workalizer can summarize how time is distributed across the team, highlight outliers (e.g. who gets the most or least contact), and suggest focus areas. You get a ready-made summary in seconds, so you can prepare for a manager conversation or run through multiple managers quickly.
- Hidden insights: The AI can surface non-obvious patterns: for example, a report who gets little meeting time but a lot of chat (or the reverse), a cluster of reports with similar contact levels versus one or two outliers, or a trend over time (e.g. time with a given report dropping). These insights help you ask better questions (e.g. “Why has time with X decreased?”) and address fairness or effectiveness issues before they become problems.
Use AI Insights on the Individual Communication Time widget (and any other Manager-section widgets that support it) to save prep time and uncover insights that would otherwise stay hidden in the data.
How to Access
Go to /performance-review/ and select the manager (e.g. by choosing an org unit and then the manager, or via a manager-specific entry point). Open the Manager tab. The main widget in this view is Individual Communication Time (IndividualCommTime). For the same person's employee-level metrics, use the Performance Review for Employee tab. For team-level aggregates, use Performance Review for Team (Work Patterns).
Widget: Individual Communication Time
This widget shows the amount of time the manager spends in meetings and chats with each individual employee. It helps answer:
- How much 1:1 and group meeting time does each direct report get?
- How much chat contact does the manager have with each team member?
- Is time distributed evenly or are some people over- or under-connected?
Data is typically broken down by employee (or similar dimension), with meeting time and chat time shown so you can see the mix of synchronous (Meet) vs asynchronous (Chat) contact. Use it together with Most Frequent Communication Partners and Collaborative Time in the employee view for a full picture of manager–report communication.
Step-by-Step: Using the Manager View
- Open Performance Review: Go to /performance-review/ and select the manager (or the org unit and then the manager).
- Switch to the Manager tab: Select the Manager tab so the view shows manager-specific widgets.
- Set the period: Choose the Period (e.g. Month, Quarter) for which you want to see time with each employee.
- Use AI Insights to save time: Click AI Insights on the Individual Communication Time widget (if available) to get a summary, distribution highlights, and any recommendations. This uncovers hidden patterns and shortens prep for manager reviews.
- Read Individual Communication Time: Review the list or chart of time per employee; note meeting vs chat split if shown.
- Compare with employee data: For a specific report, open the Employee tab for that person to see their communication and activity side by side with the manager's time allocation.
