Introducing the Direct Reports for Managers feature

Introducing the Direct Reports for Managers feature

Overview

We are excited to announce the new Direct reports for managers feature, a powerful new way to provide managers with clearer visibility into their teams’ learning activity. This new capability introduces a hierarchical relationship within the platform, expanding the existing Manager role and making it easier than ever to connect managers with the learners they support. 

Easy access to direct reports

Once enabled, managers can quickly view and manage their direct reports from multiple convenient entry points, including:
  1. A new Users widget on the Home dashboard (shown in the screenshot below).
  2. A new Direct reports tab on the manager’s profile.
  3. A new Users > My direct reports option on the primary navigation menu.
Managers can also generate reports that include their direct reports, making it easier to track learning progress and outcomes.
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Please note if the feature is enabled, managers will only have access to their direct reports in reporting.

Key benefits

By enabling the Direct reports for managers feature, organizations can empower managers to:
  1. Monitor employee learning activity and progress in real time.
  2. Enroll and unenroll direct reports in courses.
  3. Track compliance training completion more easily.
  4. Provide more targeted coaching and feedback.
  5. Gain clearer insights into team learning outcomes.
By removing the need to manually create and maintain user groups just to share learning data, this feature reduces administrative workload and improves scalability—freeing instructors and administrators to focus on higher-value tasks.

Availability

The Direct reports for managers feature is now available on all CYPHER for business platforms.

How to enable the feature

Administrators can enable the Direct reports for managers feature in just a few steps:
  1. Click Admin from the primary navigation menu.
  2. Select Policies from the fly-out menu.
  3. Click the Managers tab.
  4. Check Allow managers to have direct reports.
To learn more, visit the Managers article.