High Fives let you recognize teammates for great work—publicly or privately—directly in 15Five. You can send High Fives from Check-ins, the High Fives Feed, or connected tools like Slack or Microsoft Teams.
Use High Fives to celebrate wins, reinforce company values, and keep recognition visible across your organization.
In this article, you will learn...
- What are High Fives?
- How they work
- How High Fives impact HR outcomes
- About the Key components
- About the Roles and visibility
- About the Best practices
- FAQs
- Additional resources
Access and availability
⛔️ Required access to High Fives.
👥 This article is relevant to all roles.
📦 This feature is available in the Perform, Legacy Focus, and Total Platform pricing packages.
What are High Fives?
High Fives are short recognition messages you send to individuals, groups, or your entire company. They’re designed to make appreciation quick, visible, and easy to repeat.
You can:
Call out great work
Celebrate milestones
Reinforce company values with hashtags
How they work
With High Fives, you can drive engagement and motivation with a few easy steps!
- Send a High Five. Employees can send high fives while filling out their Check-ins or outside of Check-ins using the High Fives Feed or Slack.
- Recipients are notified. Once a high five is submitted, all recipients are notified. They can then react to the high five with emoji reactions or post a comment on the high five.
- Repeat the process. Create a culture of recognition within your organization by continuing to highlight excellent work using high fives.
Where High Fives Appear
High Fives can be viewed in multiple places:
High Fives Feed in 15Five
Slack or MS Teams, if integrations are enabled
Leaderboards, showing top givers, receivers, or values tagged
Admins can use the High Fives Feed to filter and export recognition data.
Use High Fives in review cycles
During a Best-Self Review® cycle, you can reference High Fives while writing a review.
When writing a review, in the Resources for your review section, you’ll find context about the person you’re reviewing, including High Fives they’ve given and received. Use this information to quickly recall specific contributions, wins, and positive behaviors over time.
Visibility & Permissions
As long as your company has @mentions enabled, it's possible for anyone in your organization to give high fives to: individuals, groups, or the entire company. You can also give high fives to external email addresses.
Visibility options:
Public: Visible company-wide
Private: Visible only to the sender and recipient(s)
FAQs
Can I edit or delete a High Five?
Yes. The author can edit their own High Fives. The author or an account admin can delete them.
Can admins control High Fives settings?
Yes. Account admins can manage where High Fives can be sent from, sharing behavior, hashtags, and leadership visibility.