Options for visibility and hierarchy

Here are a few examples that you can use. Be sure to download our Getting Started Guide for quick reference:

Traditional management hierarchy (default)

By default we have 15Five set up for a traditional management model. As the key administrator you can add reports and reviewers and be able to drill down the organization. By drill down we mean that executives will see everyone's reports below them, managers will see their reporter's reports and anyone who reports to their reporters, and so on... For more details on this default visibility, see this article. 

1. Invite your team, either in bulk or by individual users. For a walkthrough on inviting users, see this article. 

2. Set due day. If your invites have employees that report to them, let them know they can invite them to be reviewed on their own account. To adjust due days, see this article. 

3. Set up your questions. Here are some great questions to get you started.

Total organizational transparency

If you would like to create a Full Transparency organization where everyone can read everyone's reports and make comments you can set up your organization by creating a group and checking Group Drilldown and Group Viewing. Keep in mind that all reports will become viewable to everyone on this setting. All members of your team would need to be a part of the group.

1. Follow the traditional model of setup shown above to begin.

2. Go to 'Manage People' >> 'Mange Groups' >> 'Add Group'.

3. Add team members to your group and select Group Drilldown and Group Viewing. For more information on group drill-down and group viewing, see this article. 

Executive level transparency

If you want to set up a structure with 15Five that only allows managers to have full transparency then you can do this by grouping only your managers in a dedicated Leadership Group and enable Group Viewing and Group Drilldown. This would grant managers in this group the ability to see one another's reports and be able to drilldown and see the direct reports of those managers.

1. Follow the traditional model of setup shown above.

2. Go to 'Manage People' >> 'Manage Groups' >> 'Add Group'.

3. Add management members to your group and select Group Drilldown and Group Viewing.

Matrix style organization

If you have an organization where one report has two reviewers, for example: a manager and a supervisor. By default 15Five has one reviewer capability, so typically the manager would be assigned as the Reviewer and the supervisor would request to Follow the report and gain access to view. This will give access to both the manager and supervisor and will give the ability to both to make comment on the report.

1. Follow the traditional model of setup shown above.

2. Assign the manager/reviewer to the appropriate direct report.

3. Advise the additional manager/reviewer to request to follow the employee's reports: 'My account' >> 'Permissions'>> 'Followers'. Here is a walkthrough on how to follow a teammate's 15Fives.