Manage company-level performance review settings

Ben Pemstein Ben Pemstein
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Company-level review settings define the default behavior for every review cycle you create. Configuring these settings before building a cycle ensures consistent defaults across all future cycles.

Before You Begin

  • You must have the Review admin role. Standard admins cannot access review feature settings.
  • These settings apply as defaults to new cycles. Changing them does not retroactively update active cycles.

Steps

Access review feature settings

  1. Log in to 15Five and click Settings in the left navigation.
  2. Click Reviews in the settings menu.
  3. Click the Feature Settings tab.

Configure global review defaults

  1. Under Visibility, select when review results become visible to participants.
  2. Under Peer reviews, choose whether peer reviews are participant-initiated or peer-initiated.
  3. Toggle Manager approval for peer nominations on or off.
  4. Under Sharing, set whether managers or admins are required to share results before participants can view them.
  5. Under Upward reviews, toggle upward reviews on or off as a default for new cycles.
  6. Under Review summary, choose whether the summary step is required or optional.
  7. Click Save to apply your changes.

If Something Goes Wrong

Issue Check Fix
Settings menu does not show a Reviews option Confirm your account has the Review admin role Ask an existing Review admin to grant you the role — see Add or remove review administrators
Changes do not appear when creating a new cycle Verify you clicked Save before navigating away Return to Feature Settings, re-enter your selections, and click Save
Active cycle behavior did not change after updating settings Global settings only apply to new cycles Update cycle-specific settings directly within the active cycle

Not Covered Here

This article covers only company-level default settings — for creating or configuring an individual review cycle, see Create a Best-Self Review® cycle.

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