Insights
Your people function, live in your portal
Three working modules: HIRE, LEAD and PROTECT. Friction Lens role scores and market benchmarks sit alongside the documents, records, reviews, compliance and reports your team uses every day.
Your portal
Built around HIRE, LEAD & PROTECT
Your portal mirrors the way we structure your people function. Three working modules, each with its own records, workflows and reporting, plus scoring and benchmarks cutting across all of them.
HIRE
Recruit with insight, not instinct.
Every live role scored for friction before it launches, with salary benchmarks, cost models and pipeline metrics running alongside.
- Live requisitions and candidate pipeline
- Friction Lens score on every role before launch
- Salary benchmarks across the market range
- Vacancy cost calculator
- Cost modeller for offers and scenarios
- Hiring metrics, cycle times and feedback rates
- Internal-role tracking vs. The People System benchmarks
LEAD
Run the people function day to day.
The tools and frameworks to build manager capability from the inside out, so your managers lead well and your people see where the business is going.
- Documents and policies, versioned by category
- Employee records with leave and demographics
- Performance review cycles and templates
- Training needs and the learning library
- Skills matrix and capability gaps
- Org chart with reporting lines
- Policy acknowledgements and sign-off tracking
- HR reports: headcount, leave, absence, demographics
- Onboarding workflows and checklists
- Roadmap and quarterly milestones
PROTECT
Stay compliant, stay protected.
Everything that keeps your business legally sound and your records watertight. Tracked, flagged, and never left to chance.
- Compliance tracker with RAG status and due dates
- Absence management with approval workflows
- Employee document expiry alerts (30-day window)
- HR dashboard: records, reviews, training at a glance
- Actions from The People System, prioritised
- Offboarding workflows and knowledge transfer
- Live CSV exports: roles, candidates, compliance, actions
Recommendations
Friction Lens for roles
Score every role
before it goes to market
Before any role goes live, Friction Lens scores it across five dimensions against live market data. You see exactly where it will struggle and what to change before you spend a single day recruiting.
Built by Tom Andrews through IvyLens Technology. Included in every HIRE engagement as standard.
Book a CallInsights and intelligence
The tools that turn your portal into decisions
Scoring, benchmarks, costing and reporting: the analytical layer that sits over every record in your portal and tells you what to do next. Friction Lens leads the way, with a stack of commercial tools alongside it.
Friction Lens Role Scores
Every role scored on five dimensions against live market data before it goes live.
Salary Benchmarks
Market compensation benchmarks across the full range by role type, location and seniority.
Vacancy Cost
Quantify the true cost of an open role: salary, productivity loss, fees, time.
Hiring Cost Modeller
Model offers, counter-offers and recruitment scenarios before you commit.
Hiring Metrics
Time-to-fill, pipeline conversion, feedback rates, friction distribution.
HR Reports
Headcount, leave, absence and demographics: exportable for board reporting.
Compliance Tracker
Every compliance item tracked against due dates, with overdue items auto-flagged.
Company People Score
Your entire people function benchmarked against your sector and size.
Company People Score
See how your people function
compares to your industry
Your People Score benchmarks your entire HR function against businesses of a similar size and sector. See where you stand today, track your improvement over time, and watch your score increase as we work with you.
Most clients start between 30 and 50. Within 6 months of working with us, the average score reaches 75+. You can track every point of improvement directly in your portal.
Book a CallBeyond the scores
Finally, a tool your team will actually use.
This isn’t a system you log into once a quarter. It’s where your managers stay on top of their team, your people find what they need, and nothing gets missed.
Difficult Conversations for Managers
Lucy Andrews
Onboarding Playbook
PDF · 24 pages
Performance Review Framework
Video
AI at Work Policy
PDF · 8 pages
Learning content
Build a library your team actually uses
Upload videos, PDFs, playbooks and policies and share them with your whole team or a specific group. We keep the library stocked with practical guides on the things managers usually struggle with: performance reviews, difficult conversations, onboarding, AI at work. You add your own on top.
Company calendar
One view of who is in, who is out, and what is coming
Annual leave, sick days, bank holidays, company-wide events and office closures all on one shared calendar. Managers plan around it, the team can see what is coming, and everything is colour-coded by type so the view stays readable.
Role-Level Scoring
Every individual role gets a Friction Lens score before it goes live. Fix problems before you recruit.
Company-Wide Benchmark
Your People Score benchmarks your entire function against your industry. See exactly where you stand.
Tracked Across the Portal
Both scores move as your portal fills up with real data: roles, hires, compliance, reviews. Every improvement is visible, measurable, and yours to keep.
Ready to see your
People Score?
Book a free call. We will walk you through the portal, score one of your live roles, and show you where your people function sits against your industry.