

Why Cascading Objectives Create Stronger, Aligned Teams
Imagine building a house without a blueprint. One team lays the foundation, another installs windows, and a third starts painting walls that haven’t been built yet. Even if each team is skilled and hardworking, the house won’t stand.

8 Best Engagedly Alternatives
Engagedly is a broad talent management platform that combines performance reviews, goals, 360 feedback, learning, engagement surveys, recognition, and employee development.

7 Best PerformYard Alternatives
PerformYard is a well-rated performance management platform built around flexible review cycles, goals, 360 feedback, continuous feedback, and reporting. Its biggest strength is configurability: companies with an established performance process can shape the platform around how they already work.

6 Best 15Five Alternatives
15Five has built its reputation around manager effectiveness. Its platform combines regular check-ins, 1:1s, performance reviews, goals, engagement surveys, and coaching tools to help managers stay closer to their teams.

6 Best Lattice Alternatives in 2026: Features, pricing & use cases
Explore 6 top Lattice alternatives like Small Improvements, GWork, 15Five, Leapsome, Culture Amp, and BambooHR for your performance management needs.

29 Questions to Ask Your New Hires
We’re thrilled to kick off our Template Toolkit with a powerful resource: the Pulse Surveys Template we use here at Small Improvements!