Company Settings
The admin configuration hub for your company — define your mission, values, competencies, skills, roles, and career paths.
What is it?
Company Settings is where administrators build the framework that powers Branco. Everything users see on their My Career page, the AI suggestions on their Action Plan, and the structure of Reports flows from what's configured here. It's organized into four tabs, each covering a different layer of your company's people framework.
Company Settings is located at /admin/company and is only accessible to users with admin permissions.
Configuration tabs
- 🏢 Company
- 💎 Values & Competencies
- ⚙️ Functions & Skills
- 🪜 Career Paths & Levels
Company
This tab covers the foundational setup for your organization:
- Mission Statement — Define your company's mission. This is visible across the platform and provides context for goals and feedback.
- Branco.ai Admin — Assign the primary admin user via dropdown.
- IT Admin — Assign the IT admin responsible for integrations and technical setup.
Each section has its own Save button, so you can update one area without affecting others.
If you're setting up Branco for the first time, the Company tab is step one. Set your mission and assign your admins before moving on to values and skills.
Values & Competencies
Define your company values and the competencies (soft skills) that support them. Competencies are company-wide — they apply to every employee regardless of role.
The table view shows:
| Column | What it means |
|---|---|
| Competency | The name of the soft skill (e.g. Communication, Collaboration) |
| Description | What this competency means at your company |
| Value | Which company value this competency maps to |
| Ratings | How this competency is rated in feedback |
Use the filter icon to narrow the table and the "..." context menu on each row for edit/delete options.
Competencies appear on every user's My Career page as progress bars under "Competencies expected." They're evaluated based on feedback and tied to the user's leadership level — not their specific role.
Functions & Skills
Define job functions (departments), the roles within each function, and the technical skills expected for each role.
The table view shows:
| Column | What it means |
|---|---|
| Skill | The name of the technical skill (e.g. Data Analysis, SQL) |
| Description | What this skill covers |
| Role | Which role this skill applies to |
| Ratings | How this skill is rated in feedback |
| Leader | Whether this is a leadership-track skill |
This is where role-specific expectations are set. Unlike competencies (which are company-wide), skills are scoped to individual roles and seniority levels.
Vague skills like "Communication" are better as competencies. Skills should be concrete and measurable for the role — think "Financial Modeling" or "API Design" rather than "Problem Solving."
Career Paths & Levels
Define the career ladders for each role, including both IC (Individual Contributor) and Management tracks.
Each career path maps out five seniority levels:
- Entry Level
- Intermediate
- Senior
- Director / Principal
- VP
Use the role selector dropdown to switch between roles and the seniority level radio buttons to view or edit expectations at each level. The visual matrix shows how the IC track and management track diverge at higher levels.
The career path you define here appears as the horizontal progression chart on every user's My Career page. Their current level is highlighted, and skill expectations adjust based on where they sit on the ladder.
How the pieces connect
The framework you build in Company Settings cascades through the entire platform:
Mission (Company tab)
└── Values (Values & Competencies tab)
└── Competencies → My Career (company-wide soft skills)
→ Feedback (competency-based questions)
→ Dashboard (competency trends)
Functions (Functions & Skills tab)
└── Roles
└── Skills → My Career (role-specific technical skills)
→ Action Plan (AI suggestions based on skill gaps)
Career Paths (Career Paths & Levels tab)
└── Seniority Levels → My Career (career path visualization)
→ Skill expectations per level
Updating values, competencies, skills, or career paths here will immediately change what users see on their My Career page and what the AI uses for suggestions. Make changes deliberately and communicate them to your team.
Key UI elements
| Element | What it does |
|---|---|
| Tab navigation | Switch between Company, Values & Competencies, Functions & Skills, and Career Paths & Levels |
| Save buttons | Save changes per section (each section saves independently) |
| Admin dropdowns | Assign Branco Admin and IT Admin roles |
| Table views | Manage competencies and skills with filter, sort, and context menus |
| Role selector | Switch between roles when viewing career paths |
| Seniority radio buttons | View/edit expectations at each career level |
| Filter icon | Narrow table results |
| "..." context menu | Edit or delete individual rows |
Getting started
- Navigate to Company in the admin sidebar (left sidebar, bottom group).
- Start with the Company tab — set your mission and assign admins.
- Move to Values & Competencies — define your company values and the soft skills that support them.
- Set up Functions & Skills — define your departments, roles, and the technical skills expected for each.
- Finally, configure Career Paths & Levels — build the career ladders for each role.
If you're doing this for the first time, the Dashboard setup wizard walks you through these steps in order. Click "Continue Setup" to follow the guided flow.
Related features
- My Career — Where users see the skills, competencies, and career paths you define here.
- My Action Plan — AI suggestions are shaped by the skill and competency framework.
- Dashboard — The setup wizard references each tab in Company Settings.
- Reports — Performance and engagement analytics are built on this framework.
- Settings — System-level toggles and feature flags (separate from Company Settings).