How to Use Benchmarks AI: A Visual Guide for Managers
Note: Benchmarks AI is available in the Time Doctor Premium plan and can be accessed by Admin and Manager user roles.
TL;DR
Use Benchmarks AI to evaluate and compare productivity metrics across your organization. Begin with a high-level overview of company-wide performance to identify trends and percentile rankings across key metrics such as total hours, productive time, collaboration, and AI usage. Drill down to compare teams and departments against AI-matched peers with similar workflows. Explore individual metrics to pinpoint standout performers or areas that need support. Finally, access user-level insights to guide personalized coaching and performance improvement strategies.
Benchmarks AI provides actionable, AI-driven context for understanding team and individual performance—enabling smarter decisions, targeted coaching, and operational efficiency.
Start with the Overview
- View company-wide benchmarks for metrics such as total hours, productive time, collaboration, and AI usage.
- Compare percentile rankings against AI-matched peers with similar work patterns and tool usage.
- Identify top 25%, middle 50%, and bottom 25% performance bands.
Use case: Quickly assess if organizational performance aligns with, exceeds, or falls below that of similar companies.
Compare Groups Together
- Analyze performance at the group level.
- Benchmark each group against its AI-matched peers.
- Spot trends over time (e.g., rising collaboration hours in one team vs. stagnant performance in another).
Use case: Identify groups that may require additional support, resources, or coaching.
Drill into Specific Metrics
- Explore detailed breakdowns of specific metrics.
- Focus on individual metrics and view user-level data.
- Assess how each user performs compared to similar peers using percentile scores.
Use case: Determine whether specific users are lifting or lowering the team’s average performance.
Deep Dive into a User
- Access user-level benchmarks by clicking into a team member
- Key insights at the individual level:
- Low active time + high collaboration time: Indicates significant time in meetings.
- Low task completion time + high efficiency: Suggests effective use of AI tools.
- Percentile insights help contextualize performance, highlighting areas of strength or improvement.
Use case: Inform 1:1 coaching by balancing empathy (e.g., high meeting load) with recognition (e.g., AI-driven task efficiency).
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