Approve, deny, or remove peer nominations for a participant

Once peers are nominated, Review admins and Cycle collaborators can approve, deny, or remove peer nominations as needed for review cycle participants. Managers can also complete these tasks.

In this article, you will learn...

• How to add, deny, or remove peer nominations for review cycle participants
• Answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Approve, deny, or remove peer nominations

1. Click on Best-Self Review® in the left-hand navigation bar.
   
2. Open the review cycle you want to manage peer nominations in.
   
3. Click on the "Peer nominations" tab at the top of your page.
   
4. If you're a manager in the review cycle, you'll land on the "Manage peers for your team" page. To nominate peers for a person who isn't your direct report, open the "Everyone's Peers" tab.
   

5. Use the search bar at the top of the page to find the participant you want to manage peer nominations for.
   

6. Click on the arrow to the right of the participant to manage their peers.
   
   
   Approve peer nominations

   • To approve all pending peer nominations, click the Approve all button to the right of the participant.
     
   • To approve peer nominations individually, click the down arrow to expand options, then click the approve button next to a peer's name.
     
   • Nominated peers will receive an email from notifications@15five.com titled, "You’ve been nominated to review [participant]."
     

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   Tip

   Hover over a peer nominee's avatar to see full details about how many times they've been nominated as a peer and how many peer nominations they've accepted. This information can help determine whether or not you want to approve them as a peer.
   

   Deny a peer nomination

   To deny a peer, click the Deny button next to their name. If you deny a nomination, you will then see the option to remove that peer from your direct report's list of nominated peers so that a new peer can be nominated in their place.
   

   Remove peer nominations

   • To remove a peer nomination, click the Remove button next to their name. This will remove the peer from the participant's nomination list so a new peer can be nominated in their place.
     
   • To bulk remove all peers who were denied or who declined their nomination, click the ... at the top of the peer list and select "Remove declined & denied" from the dropdown menu.
     

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   Note

   You can remove peer nominations up until the peer has submitted their peer review. If you need to remove a nomination for a peer who has already submitted their peer review, please reach out to our Support Team.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Why can't I see a peer's identity?

In the "Peer review transparency" section of Best-Self Review® feature settings, admins have the option to make peer identities fully anonymous to everyone in a review cycle.

When managing peers in a cycle in which peer identities are fully anonymous, the following logic applies to visibility:

• If a peer nomination is not approved, Review admins, Cycle collaborators, and Managers will be able to see the peer's identity in the "Everyone's Peers" tab. The peer's identity will remain anonymous in the participant's "My nominations" tab.
• If a peer nomination is not accepted by the peer, their identity will remain anonymous to everyone.

What do the icons on peer avatars mean?

The icons represent the peer's nomination status. You can also hover over a person's avatar to see their peer nomination status.

Possible statuses are:

	Accepted	This person has accepted their peer nomination and is responsible for writing a peer review.
	Declined	This person was nominated to write a peer review, but either the nomination was denied or declined. These nominations can be removed so that another peer can be nominated in their place.
	Pending approval	This person was nominated as a peer but hasn't yet been approved by a manager, review admin, or cycle collaborator.
	Pending approval (with warning)	This status is the same as the "Pending approval" status but also signifies that the nominated peer has been nominated more than five times. We include this warning so that leaders can make informed decisions about whether or not they should approve a peer.
	Awaiting peer response	This person was nominated and approved as a peer but hasn't yet accepted or declined the nomination. You can nudge this individual to respond to their nomination using these steps.

How do I remove a peer who has already submitted their peer review?

You can only remove peer nominations in-app up until the peer has submitted their peer review. If you need to remove a nomination for a peer who has already submitted their peer review, please reach out to our Support Team.