Before a leadership review
Someone always asks how many layers you actually have, or whether a team is top-heavy. Good to have an answer that isn't a guess pulled together the night before.
Solutions
A few situations where this actually gets used
Not a complete list — just the things that come up most often in conversations with HR and ops teams.
During a reorg
Compare the structure before and after. Sometimes a reorg that looked clean on the slide quietly adds a layer nobody meant to add.
When attrition spikes on one team
Movement data usually surfaces something a headcount report won't — like the fact that everyone who left had the same manager.
Quarterly, if you're disciplined about it
A few companies run this as a standing operating review. Most only look when something feels off. Both are fine — we built it for either.