🎯 New Visibility Into Core Attribute Coverage
A new way to unlock more strategic insights through better people data. Released June 17th.
Release date: June 17th, 2025
Feature: People Data
Plan availability: All pricing plans.
We released a new Core Attributes section on the Attributes page to help HR Admins easily assess the completeness of key people data, like birth date, ethnicity, gender, and job title.
You’ll now see coverage percentages for each core attribute, along with a warning icon if coverage falls below 75%. Click View to see a filtered list of employees with missing data, making it easy to identify gaps and take action—either in 15Five or your HRIS.
This update brings greater visibility and control to the data that fuels impactful HR decisions.
📊 Introducing the Strategic Index
A signal that shows how strategically your organization is using 15Five. Released June 16th.
Release date: June 16th, 2025
Feature: Strategic Index
Plan availability: Total Platform pricing plan.
At 15Five, we’re committed to helping organizations move beyond transactional HR tools and toward truly strategic impact. With that vision in mind, we’re excited to launch the Strategic Index: a new behind-the-scenes signal that reflects how strategically your organization is using 15Five to drive performance, engagement, and retention.
The Strategic Index gives you a high-level view of strategic adoption across features like reviews, surveys, and action plans—so you can stay focused on the habits that drive real business outcomes.
Help Center article 💡: Strategic Index: Feature Overview
✅ Action Plans Now Auto-Close When Complete
A small automation to help you close the loop with confidence. Released June 12th.
Release date: June 12th, 2025
Feature: Action Plans
Plan availability: Engage and Total Platform pricing plans.
We’ve just released a new automation for Action Plans! When the last action in an Action Plan is completed, the plan will be automatically marked as complete on that day. An email notification will also be sent to all HR Admins and the plan creator, keeping everyone informed and aligned.
A small update, but a helpful one for driving clarity and follow-through ✔️
📝 Updated Self & Manager Review Question Template
Private Manager Assessment questions are now included by default to strengthen performance insights. Released June 11th.
Release date: June 11th, 2025
Feature: Best-Self Review®
Plan availability: Perform and Total Platform pricing plans.
We rolled out updates to the Self & Manager Review Template for Performance Reviews. Moving forward, 15Five’s Private Manager Assessment (PMA) questions will be added automatically—helping you collect more consistent, high-quality data around performance and promotion readiness.
Help Center article 💡: Decide how you want to add questions to your review cycle
📞 Kona Joins Microsoft Teams Meetings!
Now supporting Zoom, Google Meet... and Microsoft Teams! Released June 5th.
Release date: June 5th, 2025
Feature: Manager Products: Content, Coaching, and Kona
Plan availability: Kona is available as an add-on exclusively for customers on our Total Platform pricing plan.
You asked, we listened: Kona can now join calls on Microsoft Teams! That means more flexibility for your team, no matter which meeting platform you use. Just schedule a calendar event with an MS Teams link, and Kona will show up—no extra setup required.
Help Center article 💡: Kona by 15Five: Setup and Support Guide
🔐 New Permission Control for Review Admins
Choose whether HR Admins are automatically granted Review Admin permissions, giving you more control over who can manage review cycles. Released June 3rd.
Release date: June 3rd, 2025
Feature: Best-Self Review®
Plan availability: Perform and Total Platform pricing plans.
In April, we released a change that automatically granted HR Admins the same permissions as Review Admins—giving them access to create cycles, manage settings, and view all review results.
Now, we’ve added a new setting that lets you turn this option on or off, giving you greater control over who manages performance reviews. Want HR Admins included by default? Leave the box checked. Prefer to assign Review Admins manually? Simply uncheck it.
More flexibility. Same security.
Help Center article 💡: Manage Review Admins