Below are resources to assist you in implementing 15Five at your organization. From email templates to helpful Help Center articles and creative ideas for launch, we've got you covered. Use the email templates to announce you're bringing 15Five to your company. Share the Help Center articles within an intranet or plug them into company emails— someplace that your employees can easily access the helpful and relatable information.
In this article, you'll find resources focused on the following topics:
- Email announcement templates
- Employee handbook content
- Feature resources
- Role-based resources
- Best practices
- Social media
- Strengths finder
- Best-Self Management
Email announcement templates
Before rolling out 15Five, send an email to all employees to cover the essential introductions and expectations. Here’s an example of email templates you can use as you launch 15Five. These emails covers best practices for roles, the value proposition of 15Five, and some guidelines on how to give effective feedback.
Employee handbook content
Add information on 15Five and the value 15Five adds to your Employee Handbook. Use text from the resources linked here to incorporate 15Five into your company's Employee Handbook. If you use an intranet to house your Employee Handbook, link to resources such as 15Five's Help Center and Academy, or simply link to the login page for your company's 15Five account.
Feature resources
Feature spotlights
Utilize the feature spotlights below to continue the education of the 15Five features after your launch. Each week, email your employees about one of the features, set expectations for how you will be using that feature at your organization, and attach the feature spotlight to provide additional clarity.
Overview articles
Feature overview articles contain valuable information about the features that 15Five offers, including best practices, key components, best practices, and resources.
- Check-ins
- 1-on-1s
- Objectives
- High Fives
- Best-Self Review®
- Engagement
- Career Hub
- Profile
- Feedback
- Transform Training & Coaching
- HR Outcomes Dashboard
- Manager Effectiveness Indicator
Role-based resources
The links below are great to include in newsletters, your intranet, or in the email announcement introducing 15Five.
- Help Center article 💡: Sign in to 15Five
- Help Center article 💡: Manage my account settings
- Help Center article 💡: Upload or change my avatar
- Help Center article 💡: Manage my notifications
- Help Center article 💡: Change or reset my password
- Help Center article 💡: Use the 15Five app for Slack
- Help Center article 💡: Download the 15Five iOS app
- Help Center article 💡: Download the 15Five Android app
- ⭐️ Help Center section: Getting Started for Account Admins
- Help Center article 💡: Video resources: getting started, setup, and configuration
- Help Center article 💡: Add new people
- Help Center article 💡: Create a group and/or group type and add members
- Help Center article 💡: Roles and Permissions in 15Five
- Help Center article 💡: Manage Check-in questions
- Help Center article 💡: Slack integration
General resources
- Guide 📖: Jumpstart Guide for Managers
- Guide 📖: Best Practices for Managers
- Help Center article 💡: Communicate with your team using 15Five
- Help Center article 💡: Manage your team's goals in 15Five
Feature-specific resources
- Help Center article 💡: Homepage for managers (Home)
- Help Center article 💡: Hold a Best-Self Kickoff (Profile)
- Help Center article 💡: Use the 'My team' Dashboard (Profile)
- Help Center article 💡: Review a Check-in (Check-ins)
- Help Center article 💡: Give a High Five (High Fives)
- Help Center article 💡: Use the 1-on-1 agenda (1-on-1s)
- Help Center article 💡: What to expect: I'm a review manager (Best-Self Review®)
- Help Center article 💡: Engagement for managers (Engagement)
- Help Center article 💡: Create an objective (Objectives)
- Help Center article 💡: Career Hub for managers (Career Hub)
- Help Center article 💡: Learn with Transform Microlearning (Transform)
- Help Center article 💡: Access my assigned Transform courses (Transform)
General resources
- Help Center article 💡: Getting started guide for employees
- Help Center article 💡: Communicate with your manager using 15Five
- Help Center article 💡: Set goals using 15Five
- Guide 📖: Jumpstart Guide for Employees
- Guide 📖: Best Practices for Employees
- Guide 📖: Frequently Asked Questions
Feature-specific resources
- Help Center article 💡: Homepage for employees (Home)
- Help Center article 💡: My Profile: Feature Overview (Profile)
- Help Center article 💡: Fill out a Check-in (Check-ins)
- Help Center article 💡: Give a High Five (High Fives)
- Help Center article 💡: Use the 1-on-1 agenda (1-on-1s)
- Help Center article 💡: What to expect: I'm a review participant (Best-Self Review®)
- Help Center article 💡: Create an objective (Objectives)
- Help Center article 💡: Career Hub for employees (Career Hub)
- Help Center article 💡: Request feedback from a colleague (Feedback)
- Help Center article 💡: Share feedback with a colleague (Feedback)
- Option 1: Send Employees to a live employee training
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Option 2: Host your own Company Training (yes, you can do it!)
- Resources
- Help Center article 💡: Create an employee training strategy
- Training Deck
- Training Script
- FAQ during Training
- Trainer Best Practices
- Resources
- Guide 📖: 15Five for Sales Teams
- Guide 📖: 15Five for Engineering Teams
Best practices
Tap into events you hold annually at your organization to promote 15Five; there is no need to create something from scratch. Here you can see our Printable Resources and Video Resources. You are welcome to use these to assist with any rollout communication you make.
- Incorporate 15Five into your onboarding process with our Online Help Center & videos
- Add information on 15Five to your employee handbook
- Link out to your 15Five login page from your Intranet
- If you have mobility management software, such as AirWatch, you can drop 15Five into the list of pre-approved work applications
- 'Downloads for Donuts' where if someone were to download the 15Five app from Apple App Store or Google Play Store they would receive a donut
- Use the Feature Spotlights and Jumpstart Guides linked in the Printable Resources Help Center Article in an email campaign to your organization
- Orange balloons in the office
- Encourage your team to bookmark the 15Five website to their browser
- Organize a 'Lunch & Learn' or 'Happy Hour' (we have slide decks and scripts you can use for 15Five training)
- Some of our customers have made videos
- Video by South Carolina Federal Credit Union on YouTube (1 min 52 sec)
- Video/gif by You & Co on LinkedIn (17 sec)
- Song by Hope International (38 sec)
- High Five Recognition and winners get free lunch at South Carolina Federal Credit Union on Youtube (1 min)
Social media
Tag 15Five when you post anything related to 15Five on social. We will syndicate (like/share/favorite/ etc) your posts to help get the word out. Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter.
Strengths finder
15Five gives you space to display your strengths and aspirations. Here at 15Five, we use the Gallup Strengths Finder. There is a section within an individual's 15Five Profile (click on your avatar in the top, right-hand corner of 15Five) where they can input the results of their strengths tests. Find more information on Strengths Discovery from our blog post, "The Missing Part of Your Employee Learning and Development Strategy: Strengths Discovery."
Best-Self Management
Best-Self Management is a revolutionary philosophy to grow and develop your employees.
- Continuous Performance Management
- 15Five blog post on Performance Management
- Harvard Business Review Reinventing Performance Management
- Best-Self Management