15Five Blog

Collecting Employee Feedback at Scale: Best Practices to Follow

Genevieve Michaels — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:37:44 GMT

When your entire organization fits in a small office, feedback is easy to come by. An all-hands meeting is small enough that anyone can ask the CEO a direct question, team meetings have enough time for everyone to give their feedback, and modifying an initiative can be done quickly and efficiently.

How HR Can Support Employee Career Growth

Genevieve Michaels — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:29:45 GMT

There might have been a time when employees were satisfied working in the same role, with the same expectations, for 40 years until retirement. That’s changed.

How to Build a Fair Employee Promotion Process

Genevieve Michaels — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 21:47:14 GMT

How an organization handles promotions sends clear signals about its values. A fair, transparent promotion process signals to employees that you value their contributions, their growth, and their potential. A process that’s arcane, opaque, and inconsistent? Well, it sends a completely different message.

Leveraging Pulse Surveys for Predictive Engagement Insights

Genevieve Michaels — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 21:29:16 GMT

Your pulse is a signal of your overall health. It reflects overall cardiovascular health, signals strain like fevers, and warns doctors of other health issues. The same way your real pulse is a window into your health, a pulse survey gives your organization visibility on issues ranging from manager feedback to responses to organizational change.

Building a Performance Coaching Culture in the Workplace

Genevieve Michaels — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 20:57:55 GMT

Performance reviews are still the central element of performance management in many organizations. Employees expect a yearly or quarterly review of what they’ve accomplished, what they need to improve, and the actions they’re expected to take. But the rest of the year? They get little to no support.

How Reach Financial Achieved Data-Driven Growth with 15Five

Anthony Onesto — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 20:28:50 GMT

Reach Financial, a high-growth fintech lending platform, faced a significant hurdle as it scaled from 70 to nearly 200 employees

How Pennrose Cut Their Performance Cycle Time in Half with 15Five

Anthony Onesto — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 21:25:49 GMT

The Customer’s Core Challenge

Pennrose, an affordable real estate development and property management company with nearly 600 employees, faced a common hurdle for organizations with diverse, distributed workforces. While they had established teams spanning site operations to real estate development, their people management processes were fragmented and difficult to navigate.

How Fintech PEX Improved Manager Effectiveness with 15Five

Anthony Onesto — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 18:58:13 GMT

The Core Challenge

PEX, a fintech payment solutions company specializing in expense management, with disbursement and B2B Credit, faced a pivotal moment as it rapidly scaled its headcount. Amy Gaspari, Head of Human Resources, identified that while engagement scores were high, the organization suffered from siloed departments and inconsistent communication. Amy recognized that sustaining excellence required maturing people practices to dissolve functional silos and unify communication as the organization evolved.

How Psychological Safety in the Workplace Affects Employee Engagement

Genevieve Michaels — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 23:17:39 GMT

95% of workers who feel psychologically safe at work say they’re satisfied with their job. 61% of employees who don’t have that safety feel tense or stressed out on a typical workday and 41% of them intend to look for a new job within the next year.

Performance Management Trends to Watch in 2026

Genevieve Michaels — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 23:08:18 GMT

Between the widespread adoption of AI, the popularity of hybrid work models, and the uncovering of new skill gaps across organizations in multiple industries, the way you work is changing rapidly. Is it any surprise, then, that the way you manage that work is changing, too?