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People Analytics Software That Reveals Human Motivation

Knowing your attrition rate is not the same as understanding what drives it. Marlee connects those two things — using the Marlee Motivational Analysis, grounded in 25 years of research and measuring 48 distinct work motivations with up to 98% analysis reliability, to give people leaders a precise view of what drives how their teams perform, engage, and stay.
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194+ countries · 25 years of research · Up to 98% analysis reliability

The Limits of People Analytics That Only Measures Activity

People analytics software has become very good at capturing behavioral signals: login frequency, output volume, meeting attendance, engagement survey scores. What it captures less well is the motivational reality behind those signals — the factors that determine whether a person is working at their ceiling or coasting well below it.
The result is people leaders who are data-rich and insight-poor. The dashboards are detailed, the reporting cadence is tight, and the conclusions are still largely educated guesses — because the data does not capture the human variables that actually determine how people perform.
Data without explanatory power is just noise at scale. People analytics teams spend enormous effort building infrastructure to surface information that leaders still cannot reliably act on — because knowing that engagement is down by eight percent does not tell anyone what to actually change.
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How Marlee Drives Performance Through Data-Driven Insights

The data people analytics software collects can describe a lot. It can rarely explain anything. Marlee changes that equation — measuring 48 distinct work motivations with up to 98% analysis reliability, so people leaders have access to the motivational layer that explains the performance, engagement, and retention patterns in their existing data.
What makes Marlee's people analytics software different is the Marlee Motivational Analysis — built on 25 years of research and measuring 48 distinct work motivations with up to 98% analysis reliability. It adds a motivation layer to people data that activity metrics and sentiment surveys cannot provide, explaining not just what the numbers show, but what is causing them.
For HR and people teams, this transforms analytics from a reporting exercise into a decision-making tool, connecting data to the motivations that explain why performance looks the way it does.
Here is what that looks like for leaders:
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Understand what drives performance for each person

People leaders gain motivational insight for every person in their organization — a precise, science-backed view of what drives each individual that sits alongside and explains the performance and engagement data they already collect.
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Apply insight at the moments analytics matters most

Surface the right understanding when it counts: during hiring, onboarding, team restructuring, or periods of change.
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Make motivation data available across the organization

People data that only reaches the analytics team does not improve how people are managed. Marlee puts motivational insight in the hands of every leader in the organization. The understanding that drives better people decisions is distributed across the teams that actually need it.

What Leaders Can Do When People Data Goes Deeper Than Activity Metrics

HR and people analytics leaders who add Marlee to their data stack report being able to answer questions they previously could not — why engagement is higher in one team than another, why a high performer is showing signs of disengagement, what is likely driving turnover in a particular function.

People data that helps leaders decide, not just report

People leaders who understand the motivational reality behind their data make better decisions about where to invest development effort and when to have difficult conversations.

Analytics that supports better decisions, not just better reporting

The decisions that matter most in people management are often made with the least information. Marlee adds a reliable layer of motivational insight to the information leaders already hold, improving the quality of the decisions that determine how people perform, develop, and stay.

People data that drives action rather than analysis paralysis

People analytics that drives better decisions requires insight that is both reliable and specific. Motivational data from the Marlee Motivational Analysis is both, giving HR and people leaders a foundation for decisions that activity metrics and sentiment surveys cannot provide.

A people team that can explain the trends, not just describe them

A people team that can explain the trends in its data, not just describe them, has the analytical foundation for more productive conversations with business leaders and more targeted interventions in the people challenges that matter most.

Beyond people analytics software

People analytics software measures what people do. Marlee explains why they do it — mapping the 48 motivations that drive behavior and performance so that leaders have insight they can translate into better decisions, not just dashboards they can review.

An analytical layer that tells you why, not just what

Data that arrives after the pattern has already formed is useful for diagnosis. Marlee operates closer to where the pattern is being created, surfacing motivational insight during the everyday decisions, 1:1 conversations, and team transitions where people leaders can still influence the outcome.

Built to drive decisions, not just to produce reports

Marlee links people data to the motivations that drive it. Analytics surfaces understanding that leaders can act on, rather than patterns they can only observe.

The same quality of people data insight across every part of the business

Marlee gives enterprise HR teams a consistent people analytics foundation across the entire organization — the same quality of motivational insight available for every person, every team, and every function, rather than only where the data infrastructure happens to be strongest.

People Data That Goes Deeper Than Activity and Sentiment

Most people analytics software tracks what people do. Marlee uncovers why they do it, giving leaders a human layer of insight that activity data cannot provide, grounded in 25 years of motivation science.

See how Marlee works for your organization

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Research and Evidence

The science behind Marlee's people analytics software spans 25 years of research into human motivation and how it shapes performance, collaboration, and engagement across different roles and environments. The Marlee Motivational Analysis has been validated across 194+ countries, giving people data a layer of human insight that traditional analytics tools cannot provide.

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Trusted by Leading Teams

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There's a lot of focus on hard skills. But at a company, what's absolutely critical is communication and soft skills — the things most companies don't spend enough time focusing on. Marlee has been an amazing tool to help us do that.

Melanie Perkins,

Co-founder & CEO, Canva
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Marlee’s deep insights allowed us to focus on actual needs naturally embedded with inclusion and deep consideration as to achieving a complete experience. All subjectivity is removed and we can focus on the employees needs and growth to foster an environment of inclusion, support and belonging.

Lorraine Longato,

Senior Innovation Strategist & Co-Lead, Partnerships APJ/GC - SAP

Frequently Asked Questions

What does people analytics software need to tell leaders?

People analytics software should do more than aggregate behavioral data. The most useful tools connect what the data shows to why it looks that way, adding explanatory power to the reporting so that HR and people leaders can diagnose problems rather than just detect them.

What does Marlee measure that traditional people analytics software misses?

People analytics software measures behavior. Marlee measures motivation. The distinction matters because behavior is what people do under current conditions, while motivation determines what drives them regardless of conditions. Understanding motivation gives people leaders predictive power that behavioral data alone cannot provide.

Can Marlee integrate with an existing people analytics stack?

How does Marlee help people leaders use their analytics data to make better decisions?

How does Marlee work alongside existing people analytics tools?

Yes. Marlee integrates with existing people analytics approaches and HR technology stacks. It adds motivational insight to the data organizations already hold, giving people analytics teams an additional explanatory layer that works alongside their existing reporting and analysis infrastructure.
The decisions that matter most in people management require insight that goes beyond what behavioral data captures. Marlee adds motivational insight to the data people leaders already hold — explaining why people perform, engage, and stay the way they do, so leaders can act on understanding rather than inference.
Marlee works alongside existing people analytics tools rather than replacing them. It is typically introduced through the people analytics or HR business partner team, integrated into existing reporting and insight workflows, and then scaled across the organization as leaders begin to use motivational insight in their day-to-day people decisions.

Discover what becomes possible when people data goes deeper than activity

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