Product Release Notes
We roll out small improvements and bug fixes several times a week. In addition you can find larger improvements and feature releases in the list below.
2022
May31
Decide which type of cycle you’d like to launch in Reviews by selecting the type when launching your cycle. A calibration review gives you advanced settings and a pre-calibrated rating option.
2022
Apr06
Set it and forget it! You can now send the 360 cycle kickoff email automatically.
2022
Mar25
Strategically tackle your action items with new tags for prioritization.
2022
Feb09
You don’t have to wait for a Performance Review to self-reflect. Anytime Feedback now supports self-assessments.
2022
Jan25
Need to update the visibility settings for all your past 1:1 meetings with someone? We’ve added a button that allows you to share them all at once. Learn more!
2022
Jan12
We’ve upgraded and streamlined the navigation experience for HR Admins. Learn more about what changed.
2022
Jan12
Level up your feedback with two new question types for Anytime Feedback.
2021
Dec07
HR Admins now have more flexibility and control when choosing visibility settings for a new Objectives cycle. Learn more!
2021
Nov17
Customize Anytime Feedback emails under the email settings page, allowing you to easily tailor these notifications to fit your team’s needs.
2021
Oct06
Our new Anytime Feedback dashboard includes completion and participation statistics, as well as new filtering options. Check it out.
2021
Oct06
Individually-driven 1:1 Meeting templates are here! Now, anyone can create a template that will quickly generate the talking points they use the most. Learn more.
2021
Oct01
We now offer an improved navigation for administrators. You can turn it on in your account underneath the Feature Selection page. Read more about the update in our help center.
2021
Sep20
Take some work off your plate and automate reminders in Performance Review cycles! Learn more.
2021
Sep08
Asking for and receiving feedback just became more effortless than ever. Our new Anytime Feedback feature encompasses requesting feedback and giving feedback into one easy, straightforward action. Learn more.
2021
Aug03
You asked, we answered. Now you can extend individual deadlines in a review cycle. Learn how!
2021
Jun11
We’ve made it easier to import and synchronize employee data. Our new integrations screen allows you to easily integrate with Workday or set up a custom user import.
2021
Jun09
Better understand your workforce by using our new hidden profile fields to track employment status and terminations. Learn more.
2021
Jun03
The Timeline sections in reviews, 360s, and objectives have a new look for summer. This includes updates to the review calibration process. Check it out!
2021
May19
Stay on top of management changes in Small Improvements. Managers will now receive a notification when someone assigns them a new report.
2021
May12
New time filters for 1:1 Meetings allow pages to load more quickly and efficiently.
2021
May05
We’ve created a new role called “Secondary Manager”. HR Admins can now grant Secondary Managers visibility into 360° Feedback, Objectives, and Performance Reviews. Learn more in our help center.
2021
May03
Tailor Small Improvements to your organization’s culture and needs with Custom Wording. Now you can easily update feature names and other language used throughout the tool.
2021
Apr07
Excited to share 360 feedback with your employees? Managers can now manually release feedback before the cycle deadline. Learn more!
2021
Apr06
Now any user can sign in with Google to login to their Small Improvements account from our login page, making it easier to access your account on the fly.
2020
Mar19
Looking to share meetings with people other than your manager? We’ve updated 1:1 Meetings so you can share them with anyone in your company under the visibility settings in your meeting. Click here to learn more.
2020
Mar17
Looking to export all of the feedback, performance reviews, and objectives for a specific employee? There is now a button on the employee profile page that allows you to do just that! Learn more.
2020
Mar17
We’ve made it easier to schedule future 1:1 Meetings. You can now select a date and time on the creation screen for a new 1:1.
2020
Mar17
Starting today, HR Assistants can launch new Pulse Surveys and view results for surveys that they have created.
2020
Mar12
Now all question types can be made into confidential questions. This makes it easier for managers to leave confidential feedback in linear, multiple-choice, checkbox, or drop-down answers.
2020
Mar11
Need to make changes to a pulse survey before it goes out? Now you can edit and update existing surveys before they go out to employees.
2020
Mar10
We’ve tweaked the timing on Slack notifications for 1:1s. Employees are now notified 24 hours before an upcoming meeting.
2020
Feb18
Get more out of the 1:1 Meetings dashboard with a new filter for meetings with no added content. Analyze how often empty meetings are occurring or exclude them from your results completely.
2020
Feb10
HR Admins can enable Action Items on the meeting settings page. Instead of writing your to-dos notes on a post-it, create Action Items right in your meeting.
2020
Feb08
Looking to share Pulse Survey results with your team? You can now share results with any user regardless of admin permissions. Results and comments will be available to viewers. Read more in our Help Center.
2020
Feb04
Get answers when you need them by setting a deadline for monthly Pulse Surveys. This reminds your employees to submit in time their answers, so you can analyze responses and make adjustments before the next Survey.
2020
Jan15
As an HR admin, you can now set global visibility for content in 1:1 Meetings. As an employee, adjust these settings and decide who can see them.
2020
Dec20
Customize 360° Feedback emails for each cycle. You can edit emails informing managers to nominate reviewers, nudge reviewers to provide feedback, and more.
2020
Dec11
Send automated reminder emails and/or Slack notifications for Pulse Surveys. Nudge your employees to complete a weekly, monthly, or quarterly Survey before the due date.
2020
Dec04
Feeling overloaded by 360° feedback, public Objectives, or other notifications from your Slackbot? Turn these off or on for all employees in your Slack integration settings.
2020
Nov19
Spend less time thinking about and writing your Performance Review questionnaire by picking from our new question bank. Quickly launch a cycle with pre-formatted templates that can be tailored to your needs.
2020
Nov12
Now you can edit email notification templates for individual Performance Review cycles. Make them work for you by adjusting the wording to fit your purpose, choosing your preferred signature, or disabling any email templates you don’t want to use.
2020
Nov05
Looking for more calibration settings for your upcoming Performance Review? We’ve added in that option in the cycle timeline. Click here to view the guide.
2020
Oct15
We’ve added in a new Pulse Survey: Return to work. This empowers teams to gauge employees’ comfort with returning to the office. You’ll find it when launching your next Pulse Survey.
2020
Oct01
If you’re starting your Performance Review cycle in future, you can now automatically schedule and customize the launch email. When you set up a cycle timeline, the notification will send on the time and date you want the cycle to start.
2020
Sep22
You can now export participation statistics for employee driven Feedback Requests. Click here to learn more in our help center.
2020
Sep18
It’s now possible to decide if you’d like to allow employees to submit their nominations for 360 feedback without manager approval. Read more in our support documentation here.
2020
Aug25
Looking to upload protected documents for performance conversations? It’s now possible to attach protected files to employee profiles. Useful for salary and bonus information, or performance improvement plans.
2020
Aug20
Having trouble keeping your department and team names consistent across employees? You can now restrict profile edits from the User Management settings screen.
2020
Aug14
It’s now possible for employees to respond directly to Pulse Surveys in Slack. We’ve additionally added up to 10 scale choices in Pulse questionnaires, as well as expanded filter options on the heat map.
2020
Jul03
Employee’s objectives can now be browsed hierarchically, making it easier to see if they are aligned.
2020
Jun18
Tailor your pulse surveys and spot patterns quicker. Adjust question scales for more precise results, and pick which questions should be optional. Then view results as heatmaps to quickly see emerging issues.
2020
Jun02
Updates to Pulse Surveys and Retention Analytics offer you actionable data even faster. Build unbiased surveys with our templates. Then see how our improved algorithm surfaces leave-risk predictions for more employees. Plus new filters quickly surface actionable retention insights.
2020
May11
Two new modules! Pulse Surveys provides frequent employee feedback to help you respond on the fly. With Retention Analytics, you can get clear and actionable insights on who’s leaving when. They’re bundled into one powerful Engagement and Retention Add-on, which you can try for free.
2020
Apr20
Our Slack app now reminds you of your upcoming 1:1s. It even allows you to add talking points and notes on the spot.
2020
Mar25
The email configuration page received a fresh look to help you customize your automated emails. Craft your messaging and turn emails on or off with ease. Set a custom sender name, like “The People Team,” that everyone will recognize.
2020
Feb25
The ratings chart in the Review Cycle overview has received an overhaul. See at a glance how ratings are distributed and easily apply filters.
2020
Feb17
Admins can now easily import and bulk update reviewers’ ratings, allowing for maximum flexibility in your performance calibration process.
2020
Feb12
Rather than using tricky slash commands, you can now create Praise in Slack with an interactive pop-up. Type /praise and hit Enter to try it out.
2020
Feb10
We’ve revamped the user profile page to make it easier to see a team member’s goals, public recognition, and feedback.
2020
Feb10
Our data shows that users who get notified about performance reviews via Slack are 25% more likely to work on them within the first 24 hours. So we made these notifications available to everyone.
2020
Jan28
We’ve added new question types to 360° Feedback to create a consistent experience across Performance Reviews and 360° Feedback.
2020
Jan27
When composing a Performance Review questionnaire, administrators can now add confidential questions. This is especially useful for calibration and promotion management. Learn more.
2019
Dec10
Admins can now add their organization’s guides and policies to the Helpful Resources sidebar so team members can see them in the app. Learn about adding custom content.
2019
Dec09
Admins and managers can now see that private objectives exist in a cycle. (They cannot, however, see the details of these objectives, which remain private.)
2019
Dec09
Notes for 1:1 Meetings now autosave as you write. Read about using 1:1 Meetings.
2019
Nov07
Reviewers can now kick off a 1:1 meeting directly at the end of a performance review, helping ensure important performance discussions take place. Learn more.
2019
Aug12
With our new calendar integration, 1:1 meetings scheduled in your Google Calendar or Office 365 will now appear automatically in Small Improvements. Set up the integration here.
2019
Aug01
Not all feedback has to be driven by HR. With our updated Feedback Requests feature, managers can now request feedback for their reports to help them grow. Learn more.
2019
Jul24
Performance reviews are only as good as the questions you ask. To help you collect a wider variety of feedback, you now have access to five new question types. Check out what’s new.
2019
Jul03
We updated the Performance Reviews overview to display all the reviews you’re involved in. This way, managers and employees have quicker access to their to-do items and past reviews.
2019
Apr26
Now you can select Custom Reviewers, allowing you to run more flexible performance reviews. Learn more about the update here.
2019
Apr18
We’re thrilled to launch our new 1:1 Insights dashboard, making it easier to manage and facilitate regular 1:1s within your organization. Read the blog post.
2019
Apr10
You can now include ratings or multiple choice questions in Performance Reviews, making it easier to gather and compare quantitative employee feedback. Learn more.
2019
Mar22
We improved the UI of our Feedback For You overview page, making it easier to filter and review feedback.
2019
Mar12
We revamped Performance Reviews to bring you a better writing experience. The new streamlined view makes it easier for employees to focus on writing their assessment. Check it out here.
2019
Feb27
We updated our Request Feedback feature to make it even more useful for gathering feedback. See what’s new.
2019
Feb12
We’ve made it possible to add attachments to Performance Reviews, allowing you to include more context to your assessment. Learn more.
2019
Feb12
You can now upload relevant documents such as role descriptions and feedback tips to employee User Profiles. Learn more about the update.
2019
Feb07
Gain greater insight into your employees’ 1:1s with 1:1 Meeting Visibility Settings. Learn more about how you can use the feature here.
2018
Dec10
Want to better guide your team to more productive 1:1 meetings? We’re excited to announce the release of our new 1:1 Meeting Templates. Learn more.
2018
Nov30
Introducing our new integration with Sapling, allowing you to sync employee data with Small Improvements automatically. Set up the integration now.
2018
Nov15
You can now add attachments to 1:1 Meetings. More details here.
2018
Sep15
Want statistics on who gives and receives the most praises in your organization? Now you can export Praise data to Excel or CSV by date range. Learn more.
2018
Aug01
The Helpful Resources sidebar is now available for Performance Reviews, 360s, and 1:1s, showing you all Small Improvements activities connected to an employee or manager. Learn more.
2018
Jul30
We’ve now made it possible to have different secondary reviewers for each performance review cycle. Learn more.
2018
Jun13
Having meaningful 1:1s just got easier! We’ve added a Helpful Resources sidebar to help managers and their direct reports stay on top of recent feedback and achievements. Learn more.
2018
May15
We’ve made several tweaks to the 1:1 Meetings and Objectives features. They look better, feel better, work better. Learn more.
2018
Feb13
We launched the Praise Wall 2.0, an even better way to celebrate employee success stories. Learn more.
2017
Dec11
We improved the 1:1 Meetings feature a fair bit, introducing titles, search, and a draft state, while axing the “completion”-status. Learn more.
2017
Sep11
Introducing scale questions to make it easier to ask very specific questions in 360 degree feedback. Learn more.
2017
Aug24
We’ve just shipped a couple of smaller improvements to the 360 module. Learn more.
2017
Jul27
Don’t we all somehow still like email? But how to praise someone for a job well done when inside Gmail? How to take a note? How to request feedback?
We’re proud introduce a Gmail integration for Small Improvements.
2017
Jun07
Everyone likes to be acknowledged for a job well done. In fact, recognizing employees publicly has been statistically proven to have a positive effect on engagement and morale.
That’s why we’re thrilled to introduce a fully revamped Praise feature within Small Improvements.
2017
Apr18
New Feature: Advanced 1:1 Meeting support is now available for all customers. Learn more on the blog.
2017
Mar07
Improvements to performance review signing process: It’s now possible to keep signing reviews even if the time to edit has passed. More details here.
2017
Feb23
We’ve improved how secondary reviewers work. They now get a clearer call-to-action, they are included in notification mails, and admins can see who has a secondary reviewer and who hasn’t. Details on our blog.
2017
Feb16
Small Improvements just got a lot more interactive. Changes to a user’s content and replies and reactions are now displayed prominently, using a little red notifications icon. Learn more.
2017
Jan24
Staff can now request feedback any time, from anyone they’d like, using a structured yet lean 360 model. Learn more on our blog!
2017
Jan24
Not nominated to provide 360 feedback? Thanks to our “Proactive 360 Feedback” option on 360 cycles anyone may now provide 360 feedback, even if they were not nominated. Learn more on the blog.