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Focus areas

Focus Areas help Leaders, HR, and managers see where coaching demand is clustering across a reporting line. Instead of reacting person by person, you can prioritize the themes that need coordinated support.

How focus areas are generated​

Focus Areas are generated from analyzed activity across the selected reporting tree and timeframe. Each theme reflects combined signal volume from feedback, comments, and meeting/event context.

Focus Areas

Use the timeframe intentionally​

Switch between 6M, 1Y, and 2Y:

  • 6M for current coaching pressure
  • 1Y for medium-term consistency
  • 2Y for deeper recurring patterns

Drill down to associated growth opportunities​

Click any focus area in the word cloud to open its detail view. From there, you can review associated growth opportunities and open the underlying line-report growth opportunity directly.

This keeps the flow practical:

  • theme at team level
  • evidence at individual level
  • coaching action in context

Important but easy to miss​

  • Focus areas are system-generated and dynamic; you cannot manually create or rename them.
  • Bigger words usually mean more signal volume, not necessarily higher business impact.
  • This view is strongest when used with sentiment and goal trend checks before deciding interventions.

What to do with focus areas in practice​

  1. Pick one theme to reinforce and one to coach this cycle.
  2. Use these themes in leader 1-1s and manager coaching cadences.
  3. Track whether sentiment, goal scores, and action completion improve.

FAQs​

Can I manually create focus areas?

No. Focus Areas are system-generated from real signals.

Why is the focus area cloud empty?

Usually because the selected reporting tree or timeframe does not yet have enough signal density.

Next steps​