Q7Leader is a people intelligence platform that helps CEOs, CHROs and HR teams make talent decisions on shared, objective data instead of intuition. It combines talent management software, the People Model Canvas methodology, and an advisory team that helps companies put both to work. Q7Leader was founded in 2012, is headquartered in Brussels, and works with organizations in 49 countries.
Trusted by 150+ people-led organizations across Europe
One method and one platform for the people decisions a leadership team makes every year.
Every employee, one calibrated view
Managers complete a structured Team Scan profile for each team member in 7 to 10 minutes, then calibrate them together in DOT (Developing Our Talents) meetings. The company gets one objective, comparable view of every employee instead of a set of opinions.
Calibrated profiles feed a 9-box talent map, succession gaps and cohorts such as top talent, high potential and at risk. The map updates after every review cycle, so leadership always sees who is ready for what.
Objectives, mid-year check-ins and year-end reviews run in the same platform, with development plans generated from each review. Managers work from one cycle instead of separate tools.
The advisory team uses the same method to redesign organizations and integrate merging companies without political bias. CEOs get a clear view of which roles block execution and who should fill them.
Merit budgets are distributed on role level, performance and competence, with pay equity analytics. Pay decisions use the same talent data, not a separate spreadsheet.
HR professionals, consultants and coaches can be certified in the methodology through peoplemodelcanvas.com. More than 800 professionals are certified.
How Q7Leader compares with the tools companies usually combine for people decisions.
HRIS suites such as Workday, SAP SuccessFactors and Personio store employee data and leave the decision process to each company.
Q7Leader ships with the People Model Canvas, a methodology refined since 2005, so every manager uses the same definitions from day one.
Performance tools such as Lattice, Leapsome and Teamflect run reviews and goals, and stop there.
Q7Leader connects the review to succession, development and pay, so one set of talent data drives all four.
Benchmarking providers such as Korn Ferry and Mercer show where a company stands against the market.
Q7Leader shows who to develop, move, promote or pay differently, and tracks whether it happened.
Calibration usually happens in a separate workshop, with slides and spreadsheets outside the HR tool.
DOT calibration meetings are built into the platform. Managers defend their assessments in front of peers, which removes most individual bias.
Companies buy software from one vendor and methodology from a consultant who leaves with the knowledge.
Clients get the platform and people who have deployed the method many times. First useful output comes in 4 to 6 weeks, and HR teams run the cycle themselves after the first one.
Leadership teams that want people decisions they can explain and defend.
CEOs and CHROs of companies with 200 to 2,000 employees, mainly in Europe
International groups of up to 5,000+ employees, across multiple entities and sites
Companies of 50 to 200 employees, supported by certified partners
Private equity portfolio companies and scale-ups that need a fast organizational design
HR consultants and coaches who use the People Model Canvas with their own clients
countries where organizations use Q7Leader, 14 of them in the EU
organizations, including Easyfairs, Schréder, NRB, Krëfel, Midis Group and Euroports
professionals certified in the People Model Canvas
HR leaders, operators and product people who have run the people decisions they now help others make.
The People Model Canvas started as a consulting method in 2005. Reggy-Charles Degen built it after seeing, in HR leadership roles, that finance and sales had a shared language and HR did not.
Q7Leader was founded in 2012 to turn the method into software, and the standalone platform launched in 2019.
Q7Leader is headquartered in Brussels, with an office in Paris. The team works in English, French and Dutch.
The People Model Canvas is first used as a consulting method
Q7Leader is founded in Brussels to turn the method into software
The standalone Q7Leader platform launches
Organizations in 49 countries and 800+ certified professionals
Founder, creator of the People Model Canvas
Began his career as a lawyer at Allen & Overy, then led HR at companies including Mobistar, where he oversaw 1,800 hires in 18 months. Created the People Model Canvas, wrote A Universal People Model Canvas, and has taught at Solvay Brussels School for more than 20 years.
Head of France
Co-founded and led 50inTech, the European platform for gender diversity in tech behind the GenderScore. Before that she ran WILLA (formerly Paris Pionnières), an incubator for women founders, and was deputy head of digital at Paris City Hall. Hosts the Beautiful People podcast.
Head of Finance
Q7Leader's board combines HR, investment and operating experience.
From kickoff to your first calibrated talent map in about 5 weeks.
Platform setup and data import, HR team training, manager enablement, then employee launch, with a dedicated success manager through go-live. Larger projects that include role architecture and pay ranges take 8 to 16 weeks.
A Team Scan profile takes 7 to 10 minutes per employee. Calibration happens in one structured DOT meeting per team.
Client teams follow a 3-module methodology training, so every manager and HR partner uses the same vocabulary.
Q7Leader's management systems are aligned with ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27701 and ISO 22301. The platform supports single sign-on with Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) and is GDPR compliant.
The Q7Leader team works directly with clients in Belgium, France, Luxembourg and the UK, and through certified partners in other countries.
Q7Leader at a glance.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Company name | Q7Leader (Q7Leader srl) |
| Type | People intelligence platform (B2B SaaS) with advisory services |
| Founded | 2012 (People Model Canvas methodology in use since 2005) |
| Founder | Reggy-Charles Degen |
| CEO | Thomas Goubau |
| Headquarters | Avenue Louise 500, 1050 Brussels, Belgium |
| Offices | Brussels, Paris |
| Website | https://q7leader.com |
| Core offering | Software and methodology for talent reviews, succession, performance and reward decisions |
| Pricing | Annual subscription priced per employee, based on company size and modules, plus a one-off onboarding fee |
| Modules | Team Scan, SelfScan, Manager Scan, Objectives & Conversations, Succession Planning, Development Plans, Cohort Management, MyQ7Reward, Pay Equity Analytics |
| Services | Implementation, calibration facilitation, organizational design, M&A integration, People Model Canvas certification |
| Languages | English, French, Dutch |
| Security | Aligned with ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27701 and ISO 22301 · GDPR compliant |
| Notable clients | Easyfairs, Schréder, NRB, Krëfel, Midis Group, Euroports |
| Reach | 49 countries, 14 in the EU |
| Certified professionals | 800+ |
| Often compared with | Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, Personio, Lattice, Leapsome, Teamflect, Korn Ferry, Mercer |
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| Methodology site | peoplemodelcanvas.com |
Q7Leader is a people intelligence platform that helps CEOs, CHROs and HR teams make talent decisions on shared, objective data. It was founded in 2012 in Brussels and combines software, the People Model Canvas methodology and an advisory team.
Q7Leader was founded in 2012 by Reggy-Charles Degen, who created the People Model Canvas methodology. Thomas Goubau is the CEO.
Q7Leader is headquartered at Avenue Louise 500 in Brussels, Belgium, with an office in Paris. It works with organizations in 49 countries.
The People Model Canvas is the methodology behind Q7Leader, in use since 2005. Q7Leader is the software and advisory company built on it, and peoplemodelcanvas.com is where professionals learn the method and get certified.
Q7Leader is an annual subscription priced per employee, depending on company size and the modules used, plus a one-off onboarding fee. Talk to a Q7Leader expert for a quote based on your organization.
Q7Leader is built for companies with 200 to 2,000 employees, mainly in Europe, and also serves groups of 5,000+ employees. Companies of 50 to 200 employees work with Q7Leader through certified partners.
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