The Overlooked Power of The People Analyzer

Recently, I sat down with Landon Eckles, a Certified EOS Implementer®, for an upcoming episode of Impact Moments. One comment from our conversation has stayed with me.

Landon said The People Analyzer® and Delegate and Elevate® are often “lost in the sauce.” They’re simple tools with a significant impact, yet they can get overlooked in favor of foundational tools like The Accountability Chart® and the V/TO®.

I've worked with leadership teams that spent more time debating a person on their team than actually discussing the business.

One leader believes the person is doing great, another thinks they're struggling, and a third says they just need more coaching. The conversation goes in circles because everyone is evaluating something different.

The Accountability Chart defines the right Seats. The People Analyzer helps leadership teams evaluate whether they have the right people in those Seats by looking at Core Values and GWC®.

What I appreciate most about these tools is that it creates a shared standard. Instead of debating opinions, leaders can evaluate the same criteria and have a more productive conversation about what’s actually happening.

Coaching people is forever work. Having a clear framework makes that work a lot easier.

Focus Points
“You can't manage time, you actually only manage what you do during time.”
- David Allen, author of Get Things Done

Impact Moments
In case you missed it

One challenge with people issues is that they're rarely obvious at first. They often show up as small patterns leaders explain away, which is why people conversations can drag on for months without any real resolution.

In my recent conversation with Jamie Munoz, we discussed what happens when leaders avoid getting objective. An open Seat creates pressure to hire quickly. A struggling employee gets another chance. A difficult conversation gets pushed into the future because nobody wants to make the wrong decision.

Eventually, the lack of clarity becomes its own problem.

If The People Analyzer helps leaders evaluate people more objectively, this conversation explores what happens when they don't.

On the Calendar
Webinar:  Issues Deep Dive

Join the Ninety team on June 17 for a practical walkthrough of how teams identify, discuss, and solve the issues that keep showing up quarter after quarter. Madison Hoy, Account Executive/Client Success Manager, at Ninety will be leading an interactive training session on how to get the most out of your next IDS in Ninety.

June 17, 2026 | 12 p.m. ET

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Delegate and Elevate®

Delegate and Elevate® helps me see where my time is going and decide what to keep, delegate, eliminate, automate, or discuss.

Now I can capture those activities as they come up throughout the quarter, right from my phone. I can add an activity in the moment, sort it into the right quadrant, and come back with a clearer view of what belongs on my plate and what may need to move.

That means more time for the work only I can do.