This template analyzes leadership interviews and feedback to benchmark current leaders against high-performing leadership behaviors.
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This template helps you quantify how your best leaders behave — and measure others against those standards using employee voice.
Definition: Leadership benchmarking is the practice of evaluating current leaders’ communication, trust-building, and strategic influence against a model built from high-impact leader behaviors — surfaced through qualitative input.
| Benefit | Description | Impact |
|---|---|---|
| Define Leadership Clearly | Build a shared standard based on what works | Improve consistency + fairness |
| Strengthen Promotion Readiness | Elevate those with proven skills | Reduce bias in leadership tracks |
| Build Internal Benchmarks | Use internal stars as a development model | Foster role model visibility |
| Feedback with Rigor | Add structure and voice to subjective reviews | Build trust in people process |
People Analytics — Support talent decisions with evidence
HR + L&D — Design programs from real behavioral data
Exec Sponsors — Align leadership development with real-world excellence
Leadership Coaches — Focus plans around peer-driven benchmarks
“Now we know what great looks like — and we can coach toward it. Insight7 helped us build a leadership model from our own data.”
— Joseph Snider, Researcher
