TOPS - The One Page Software.
What is TOPS?
TOPS is the operating layer of Total Alignment. Each person (and their direct and indirect reports) tracks performance against clear priorities, so alignment isn’t reviewed quarterly; it’s lived daily. It works as both an information system, surfacing the data that matters, and a management system, turning that data into action.
TOPS works as...
As an Information System
See exactly where performance stands (and where it’s slipping) before it becomes a bigger problem. TOPS connects with almost any source of information your company has, from Excel sheets to sophisticated ERPs, to generate transparent, drill-down reports so managers can track KPIs, pinpoint issues, and recognize top performers at any level.
Behind the scenes: data flows in from your connected sources, feeding five reports —Focus Report, Feedback Report, Management Report, Summary Management Report, and Contribution Report— each giving the right view to the right person, down to the graphs, history, and goals behind every metric.
- Focus Report — An individual’s own scorecard: their priorities, current standing on each KPI, goals, trends and performance, and action plans.
- Feedback Report — Recurring outstanding and underperforming individual results.
- Management Report — Recurring positive and negative results of the individual direct reports.
- Summary Management Report — Performance across an entire team or level of the organization, for managers who need the big picture rather than the individual detail.
- Contribution Report — Each person’s measured contribution to results, structured so it can be linked directly and objectively to compensation.
As a Management System
Turning information into action: a single, objective, and transparent source of information is only valuable if it leads somewhere. TOPS enables the effective elaboration of Action Plans and the execution of Strategic Initiatives, well-documented, every step of the way. This replaces a culture of excuses with a culture of solutions.
Behind the scenes: Team Review and Vertical Review run on simple templates, commitments carry deadlines with automatic email reminders, and Action Plans for each performance indicator are built and tracked in one place.