Review admins and Cycle collaborators can approve, deny, or remove peer nominations for any participant in a review cycle. Completing these steps updates the participant's peer list immediately.
> Note: Your organization may have renamed this feature. If you don't see Best-Self Review® in your navigation, check with your admin for the name used in your account.
Before You Begin
- You must have Review admin or Cycle collaborator access for the relevant review cycle.
- The review cycle must have peer nominations enabled.
Steps
- Go to Reviews in the left-hand navigation.
- Click the review cycle you want to manage.
- Click the Peer nominations tab.
- Click the Everyone's Peers tab (managers land on Manage peers for your team by default — use Everyone's Peers to manage nominations for non-direct-reports).
- Use the search bar to find the participant.
- Click the arrow to the right of the participant's name to expand their peer list.
Approve peer nominations
- To approve all pending nominations at once, click Approve all to the right of the participant's name.
- To approve nominations individually, click the down arrow next to a peer's name, then click Approve.
What approval looks like: The peer's avatar status changes to Awaiting peer response. The peer receives an email from notifications@15five.com with the subject line "You've been nominated to review [participant]."
Tip: Hover over a peer's avatar to see how many times they have been nominated and how many nominations they have accepted. Use this to inform your approval decision.
Deny a peer nomination
- Click Deny next to the peer's name.
What denial looks like: The peer's avatar status changes to Declined. A Remove option appears next to the peer's name so a new peer can be nominated in their place.
Remove a peer nomination
- To remove a single nomination, click Remove next to the peer's name.
- To bulk-remove all denied or declined nominations, click ... at the top of the peer list and select Remove declined & denied.
What removal looks like: The peer no longer appears in the participant's nomination list. A new peer can now be nominated in their place.
If Something Goes Wrong
| Issue | Check | Fix |
|---|---|---|
| Everyone's Peers tab is not visible | Confirm you have Review admin or Cycle collaborator access, not Manager-only access | Ask your Review admin to grant Cycle collaborator access |
| Participant does not appear in search results | Confirm the participant is enrolled in this review cycle | Add the participant to the cycle, then return to this tab |
| Approve all button is not visible | Check whether all nominations are already approved or in Awaiting peer response status | No action needed — all pending nominations have been resolved |
| Remove option does not appear after denying | Confirm the denial saved — refresh the page | Click Deny again; if the option still does not appear, contact 15Five Support |
| Cannot remove a nomination in-app | Check whether the peer has already submitted their peer review | Contact 15Five Support — see |
Not Covered Here
This article does not cover peer nomination settings configuration, manager-side peer nomination management, or nudging peers to respond. See Send nudges to review timeline participants for related instructions.
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