Use the "Resources for your review" tool when writing a review

The "Resources for Your Review" tool provides access to valuable data, including High Fives, Wins & Challenges, Objectives, Past Check-ins, Past Reviews, Feedback, and your Career Path, to support you as you write your self-review or evaluate others in a performance review cycle. By leveraging this information, you can ground your reviews in concrete examples and minimize recency bias for a more accurate and comprehensive evaluation of performance.

In this article, you will learn...

Access and availability

⛔️ Required access to Best-Self Review®.
👥 This article is relevant to Peer reviewers.
📦 This feature is available in the Perform and Total Platform pricing packages.

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Note

This article walks through how to access the "Resources for your review" tool as you write reviews. If you're looking for additional content and video resources to help you complete a Best-Self Review® cycle, check out our "Resources for Best-Self Review®" article.


How to access resources for your review 🧑‍💻

  1. Click on Best-Self Review® in 15Five's main, left-hand navigation bar.
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  2. Click on the name of the review cycle you want to write a review in.
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  3. You're now on the review cycle's overview page. From here, open the "Write reviews" tab at the top of the page.
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  4. Use the "Reviews" section on the left-hand side of the page to select the review you want to write. All reviews you're responsible for writing will appear in this section.
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  5. Click View resources at the bottom of the "Review details" section, located under the "Reviews" section on the left-hand side of the page.
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  6. The "Resources for your review" modal will appear on the right-hand side of your screen. Use the dropdown to toggle between specific resources.
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    Note

    The resource types you have access to vary depending on what type of review you're writing (self, manager, peer, upward). Please refer to the FAQs below to learn about what resources are available in each review type.


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) ❓

What review types (self, manager, peer, upward) are each resource available in?

The "Resources for your review" section may contain High Fives, Wins & Challenges, Objectives, Past Check-ins, Past Reviews, Feedback, and Career Path. That said, the resource types you have access to vary depending on what type of review you're writing.

  • High Fives are available in all review types, except private high fives. Private high fives are only visible to the giver and recipient.
  • Wins & Challenges are available in self and manager reviews. In self reviews, you'll see wins & challenges you've added for yourself. In manager reviews, you'll see wins & challenges you've added for your direct report.
  • Objectives are available in all review types. That said, you'll only see objectives you have permission to view.
  • Past Check-ins are available in all review types, given you have permission to view the review subject's Check-ins.
  • Feedback is available in self and manager reviews. Managers can only access their feedback if it's been shared with them.
  • Career path is available in all review types. This is only the case if the review subject's roles is included in a created career path.

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