TALENT MANAGEMENT

Build talent practices that improve performance

See which talent practices are driving the outcomes you want, where they are falling short, and how to redesign them using your data, peer benchmarks, and expert guidance.

Show me top performers with elevated flight risk
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Defining top performers as your top two rating bands over consecutive cycles — 142 people. Layering comp, promotion recency, engagement.
31 of 142 show two or more risk markers. Strongest signal: 18+ months since a comp adjustment, which preceded 6 of 8 regrettable exits last year.
These are correlations, not causes — but the pattern is consistent enough to act on. Exposure concentrates in two engineering teams and one sales region; stay-conversation drafts are ready for each manager.
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Where we're most exposed
TeamAt-risk top performersPrimary driver
Platform Engineering9Comp stagnation
Field Sales — West7Manager transition
Data Science5Promotion wait
Customer Success4Workload signals
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The Challenge

Your talent data tells you what happened, not what to change

Performance ratings, compensation history, engagement, promotion, and tenure each reveal part of the picture. But when they live in separate systems, teams miss the patterns showing where talent practices are breaking down.

Signals in silos

Ratings, compensation, engagement, promotion, and tenure sit in separate systems, obscuring the patterns that matter.

Practices on autopilot

Interview guides, onboarding, promotions, and performance practices repeat year after year without evidence that they are producing the intended outcomes.

Reactive by default

Problems become visible only after performance drops, regrettable attrition rises, or employees disengage.

HOW SURFACE HELPS

From lagging indicators to leading ones

1
Connect your talent signals
Bring together performance ratings, compensation history, promotions, engagement, tenure, and the practices shaping employee experience.
2
Identify the patterns that matter
Surface reveals where outcomes are deteriorating and which practices or workforce conditions are most closely associated.
3
See where your practices fall short
Compare your approach with peer benchmarks and proven practices to understand what may need to change.
4
Act before problems escalate
Get targeted recommendations, plans, and manager guidance to improve retention, performance, and progression.
Connect your talent signalsIdentify the patterns that matterSee where your practices fall shortAct before problems escalate

FOR YOUR WHOLE TEAM

Talent solutions for your whole team

Talent practices in Surface aren’t just for one role. Here’s how different people put them to work.

Talent Acquisition

Structured Interview Design

Build role-specific interview guides with clear competencies, scoring rubrics, and structured evaluation criteria.

Talent Management

Performance and Promotion Process Design

Evaluate whether performance and promotion practices are producing consistent, equitable outcomes, then get guidance on what to improve.

People Operations

Onboarding Program Design

Compare your onboarding approach with proven practices and build a structured experience that improves ramp time and early retention.

HR Business Partners

Burnout & Performance Risk Scan

Identify teams at risk of burnout or performance decline and get targeted recommendations before problems escalate.

Talent Acquisition
Structured Interview Design
Build role-specific interview guides with clear competencies, scoring rubrics, and structured evaluation criteria.
Talent Management
Performance and Promotion Process Design
Evaluate whether performance and promotion practices are producing consistent, equitable outcomes, then get guidance on what to improve.
People Operations
Onboarding Program Design
Compare your onboarding approach with proven practices and build a structured experience that improves ramp time and early retention.
HR Business Partners
Burnout & Performance Risk Scan
Identify teams at risk of burnout or performance decline and get targeted recommendations before problems escalate.

EXPERTISE BEHIND THE PRODUCT

Built on lessons from the people shaping modern work

Through conversations with leading operators, researchers, and executives, we bring current thinking on talent and organizational performance into how Surface interprets signals and recommends action. Here's what we learned from Adam Ward, Head of Talent at Cursor:

Adam Ward

Head of Talent, Cursor

Talent density = consistency + rigor + effort

Most companies neglect effort — the one factor entirely within their control.

Hiring managers own the quality bar

The moment hiring gets handed off entirely to recruiting, the quality bar erodes.

Efficacy over efficiency

The best companies invest to get talent right — not to optimize for spending less.

Watch the podcast →

EXPERTISE BEHIND THE PRODUCT

Built on lessons from the people shaping modern work

Through conversations with leading operators, researchers, and executives, we bring current thinking on talent and organizational performance into how Surface interprets signals and recommends action. Here's what we learned from Adam Ward, Head of Talent at Cursor:

Adam Ward

Head of Talent, Cursor

Talent density = consistency + rigor + effort

Most companies neglect effort — the one factor entirely within their control.

Hiring managers own the quality bar

The moment hiring gets handed off entirely to recruiting, the quality bar erodes.

Efficacy over efficiency

The best companies invest to get talent right — not to optimize for spending less.

Watch the podcast →

EXPERTISE BEHIND THE PRODUCT

Built on lessons from the people shaping modern work

Through conversations with leading operators, researchers, and executives, we bring current thinking on talent and organizational performance into how Surface interprets signals and recommends action. Here's what we learned from Adam Ward, Head of Talent at Cursor:

Adam Ward

Head of Talent, Cursor

Talent density = consistency + rigor + effort

Most companies neglect effort — the one factor entirely within their control.

Hiring managers own the quality bar

The moment hiring gets handed off entirely to recruiting, the quality bar erodes.

Efficacy over efficiency

The best companies invest to get talent right — not to optimize for spending less.

Watch the podcast →

IN THEIR WORDS

“The warning signs for our best people were sitting in our data for over a year. Now we see the risk early enough to actually change the outcome.”

VP of Talent

Global Financial Services Firm

IN THEIR WORDS

“The warning signs for our best people were sitting in our data for over a year. Now we see the risk early enough to actually change the outcome.”

VP of Talent

Global Financial Services Firm

Find out where you're exposed

Bring your last two performance cycles. We'll show you where top-performer risk is concentrated and what to do about it.

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Find out where you're exposed

Bring your last two performance cycles. We'll show you where top-performer risk is concentrated and what to do about it.

Request a Demo