Leadership Analytics: 6 KPIs Every CHRO Should Track
A practical set of leadership KPIs for CHROs and HR analytics teams: capability index, development velocity, risk indicators, and how to instrument them.
From feelings to leadership analytics
Most HR teams still describe leadership in adjectives. Leadership analytics replaces that with numbers — and the right leadership KPIs turn capability into something you can budget and report against.
The 6 KPIs
- Leadership Engine Score — composite capability index across six dimensions
- Decision quality — SJT-based score, comparable across leaders
- Development velocity — score change between assessment rounds
- Risk concentration — % of leaders below threshold in critical dimensions
- Bench strength — % of managers ready for the next level
- Participation — % of leaders completing each round on time
