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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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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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