Management Operating System

Management by design, not by luck.

Structured 1:1s, goal tracking, talent calibration, ER, and recognition — all connected, with AI that helps your managers show up better after every conversation.

Remote and hybrid work removed the informal safety net. What replaced it is a lottery: some employees get a manager who coaches, advocates, and develops them. Most don't. Cadence gives every manager a consistent system — and AI that surfaces what they need to lead well. The tool does the scaffolding. Your managers do the leading.

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Cadence People Operating System — culture health score 83, 4 KPIs, and engagement trend

How Cadence Works

AI develops managers. Managers develop people.

Cadence is a management operating system — not a decision-maker. The AI helps managers prepare, reflect, and improve. Every people decision stays with the human who owns it.

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Human-in-the-loop

AI coaches. You decide.

Cadence surfaces patterns — low 1:1 frequency, recognition gaps, goal drift, ER risk signals. Your managers review every suggestion, edit every agenda item, and make every call. The AI never takes an action on a person that isn't human-approved first.

"The tool does the preparation. The manager does the leading."

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Data & Privacy

Your conversations stay yours.

What's said in a 1:1 stays between those two people. AI-generated summaries are visible only to the participants. HR sees aggregated signals — not raw meeting transcripts. And your workforce data never trains any AI model, ours or anyone else's.

Audio capture is optional. The platform delivers full value with text-only structured notes.

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Documentation

The record your counsel will appreciate.

Consistent, timestamped 1:1 notes, goal updates, and ER case documentation built into every interaction — not added retroactively. When you need a defensible performance record, it's already there, structured and complete, from the first conversation.

Built for the scenario where a manager and an employee disagree about what was said.

🔒 Data encrypted at rest & in transit

👤 No AI decisions on people

🚫 Your data never trains AI models

📄 DPA available on request

✅ SOC 2 Type II in progress

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The Problem

The management problem hiding in plain sight.

When your team is distributed, the informal mechanisms that made management work disappear. No hallway conversations. No reading body language. No overhearing who's struggling or celebrating who's winning in the break room.

What you have instead: a stack of disconnected tools, compliance theater, and a manager population whose effectiveness varies wildly — and whose impact on retention you can't measure until someone resigns.

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The Fragmented Stack

One tool for 1:1s. Another for performance. Another for surveys. Another for recognition. Six platforms that don't talk to each other — and nobody has the full picture.

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The HRIS Gap

Your HRIS tracks records. It wasn't built for operational management. Forcing it into that role produces clunky workflows and zero intelligence.

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The Lottery

Without a system, management quality is luck. Get a gifted coach and your career accelerates. Get an inconsistent manager and you become a resignation statistic.

Cadence is the system that closes all three gaps — and produces intelligence none of them can.

The Solution

One operating plane. Eight modules. One composite picture of your organization.

Cadence sits above your HRIS and alongside your video calls — the workspace where management actually happens.

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Consistency

Systematic management

Structured 1:1s, goal tracking, and calibration cycles happen reliably — not when managers remember to schedule them.

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Intelligence

Unified intelligence

Connect 1:1 quality, recognition patterns, ER case history, and survey sentiment into one Culture Scorecard no fragmented stack can produce.

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Coaching

AI that develops managers

After every 1:1, both the manager and the IC receive private coaching on what just happened — what landed well, what to do differently next time. AI raises the floor on management quality. It doesn't replace the relationship.

Eight Modules

Everything people management requires — in one place.

Each module is powerful alone. Together, they produce intelligence no point solution can.

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1:1 Management Engine

The heartbeat of Cadence. Structured agendas, AI-captured meeting notes, private post-meeting coaching for both participants.

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Goals & OKR Tracking

Live goal context in every conversation. Trend analysis over time. Accountability built into the 1:1, not bolted on at review time.

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9-Box Talent Calibration

Quarterly blind dual-rating with L1/L2 gap coaching. Top-talent retention workflows and structured bottom-left interventions.

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ER Command Center

Full case lifecycle from verbal warning to PIP. Connected to the full management record — so context exists before the case opens.

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Recognition & Rewards

The 5:1 Rule enforced. Manager recognition ratios tracked in real time and visible to L2. Recognition as accountability, not wallpaper.

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Survey Engine

Pulse, engagement, exit and stay interviews. Aggregate signals connected to the manager responsible — not just a department score.

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Job Architecture

Living role definitions visible in every 1:1. Career paths always current. Role recasting tied to 9-box outcomes.

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Culture Scorecard

The unified intelligence layer. Manager effectiveness scores, turnover prediction, heat maps, and A-player environment scoring.

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Built For Everyone

Built for every layer of the org — one platform.

Cadence works for the IC who wants to know where they stand, the manager who wants to be better, and the CHRO who wants to see everything.

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Transparent Pricing

Replace five tools. Pay less.

The average fragmented management stack costs $25–30 per seat per month and shares no data. Cadence replaces all of it — starting at $12/seat/month at GA.

Essentials

$12/seat/mo

GA target · Billed annually · Min. 50 seats

Core management operating plane for organizations building their management foundation.

1:1 Management Engine
Goals & OKR Tracking
Recognition & Rewards
Survey Engine
Job Architecture
AI meeting summaries

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