Through product research, we've found that modern HR teams need a way to identify high-performing employees in their organization so they can work towards retaining top talent. With this in mind, we created a new, private "high potential" attribute in employee profiles that HR admins can use to identify employees that have the potential to make a big impact on the organization. This field can only be seen and managed by HR admins.
In this article, you will learn...
- How to mark employees as high potential (one-off or in bulk) 🧑💻
- How the high potential attribute is used across 15Five ⭐️
- Related resources 📖
Access and availability
⛔️ Required access to the Manage people and Attributes tabs.
👥 This article is relevant to HR admins.
📦 This feature is available in all pricing packages.
Mark employees as high potential 🧑💻
- Click on the Settings gear in the top, right-hand corner of your 15Five account.
- Select 'People' (in-app link) from the dropdown menu.
- You are now on the 'Manage people' page. From here, find the person you want to mark as high potential and click on their name to open their individual account settings.
- Scroll down to the 'Private attributes' section, which contains all private attributes that have been created for your organization— including 'Employee potential'. Here, check the box next to "[Name] is a high potential employee".
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Save your changes using the button at the bottom of the individual's account settings page.
15Five's bulk import tool allows you to make bulk updates to multiple people within your organization via a CSV file.
Refer to our "Bulk import or update people" article for steps on how to perform a bulk import. To specifically mark people as high potential during a bulk import, make sure to include the following columns in your CSV: email and is_high_potential. Put a Y in the is_high_potential column for any individuals you want to mark as high potential.
Here's an example of what your CSV may look like:
How the attribute is used across 15Five ⭐️
You can utilize the high potential attribute in the following ways:
HR admins can see if an individual is marked as high potential from within their account settings.
HR admins can filter the HR Outcomes Dashboard to display outcomes scores and insights for employees who are marked as high potential.
Note
In the future, we plan to expand the high potential feature— allowing you to filter engagement survey results, performance review results, Pulse scores, and more to see how your high-potential employees are doing. Keep an eye out for future releases in the Releases section of our Help Center.
Related resources 📖
- Help Center article 💡: Manage HR Admins
- Help Center article 💡: What to expect: I'm an HR Admin
- Help Center article 💡: Use 15Five's bulk import tool
- Help Center article 💡: Create, edit, or delete a custom attribute
- Help Center article 💡: Use the HR Outcomes Dashboard