June 2026
We are proud to introduce three major updates to our platform: the MBO section within the Perform module, the new Evaluate module, and Recognition on mobile!
These updates strengthen how organizations set goals, evaluate performance, and recognize employee contributions across the platform.
MBO: Strategic Objective Management
Impact
What's New
- Higher-Quality Objectives: Built-in SMART guidance that ensures objectives are clear, measurable, and actionable.
- Approval-Based Lifecycle: A workflow that manages the full lifecycle of an objective - from creation, updates, and approval to completion.
- Progress Check-ins: A simple check-in process that keeps goals up to date and allows managers to track progress in real time.
- KPI & Task-Linked Objectives: The ability to connect objectives with KPIs and operational tasks for a clearer view of overall performance.
Impact
- Strategic Alignment: Aligns individual, team, and organizational goals with company strategy.
- Clear Goal Execution: Bridges strategy with day-to-day work, helping teams focus on the right priorities.
- End-to-End Visibility: Provides HR and managers with a connected view of objectives, KPIs, tasks, and goal progress.

Evaluate: Appraisal Management
What’s New
Evaluate introduces a new Appraisal Management experience that gives organizations a complete framework for managing employee performance evaluations.
The Appraisal framework introduces several key capabilities:
What’s New
Evaluate introduces a new Appraisal Management experience that gives organizations a complete framework for managing employee performance evaluations.
The Appraisal framework introduces several key capabilities:
- Multi-Dimensional Scoring: Evaluates employee performance using four core dimensions: Position Fit, 360 Review, KPI Score, and Value Engagement.
- Qualitative Performance Insights: Provides evaluators with qualitative insights through initiatives, OKRs, received feedback, recognition, and 1-on-1s to support more informed performance evaluations.
- Comprehensive Appraisal Settings: Provides administrators with full control to configure performance categories, decision points, and assessment points, ensuring the evaluation process aligns with organizational standards.
- Group-Based Appraisal Management: Enables the creation of appraisal groups with common evaluation settings, ensuring a consistent appraisal process across teams or employee categories.
- Manager Experience (My Team): Allows managers to evaluate their direct reports in a structured way using scores, OKRs, initiatives, and 1-on-1 insights, bringing full performance context to feedback and review.
- Organizations now have a unified and structured appraisal process for evaluating employee performance.
- Managers gain a complete view of employee performance, enabling more informed evaluations and constructive feedback.
- Employee appraisals become more consistent and transparent across the organization.
- Organizations can make more informed talent and performance decisions.

Mobile Recognition
What's New
Impact
What's New
- On-the-Go Appreciation: Full support for giving and receiving recognition directly through our mobile interface.
Impact
- Increased Engagement: Empowers employees to celebrate wins and acknowledge colleagues' efforts instantly, regardless of their location.

Other Enhancements
Reviews: Relocated to Evaluate
What's New
Impact
What's New
- The "Reviews" section has been moved from the "Grow" module to the new "Evaluate" module.
Impact
- Better organization: All review tools are now grouped in the "Evaluate" module, making it easier to manage all evaluation processes in one place.

BUG FIXES
This release includes one customer-reported issue fix.
- Sender Name is not displayed in On/Offboarding emails.
