Hello, and welcome to our final product release of the year. 
StandOut 5.23 went live on Saturday, December 3, 2022, and it brings two big updates that we hope you’ll love:
- In July, we released a new look and feel for our Reporting space. Following that, several of you participated in user interviews and shared lots of thoughtful ideas. We’ve addressed many of those with this December release! Thank you again, and look for even more Reporting updates in January.
- We also released a new & improved digital version of Milestone Connect this cycle, which we’re super jazzed about. We’ve heard from many of you that you’d like to be able to complete and track these conversations in StandOut, and now you’ll have that option!
Grab a holiday-themed hot chocolate and scroll down for more details...
Other fun strengths news for you this cycle includes:
- TMBC's VP of Performance Acceleration, Amy Leschke-Kahle, talks about the risk of over-precision in measuring knowledge-based performance and how working from home has potentially benefited employee engagement in this HR Data Labs podcast.
- In the midst of this busy holiday season, here's some encouragement from Marcus Buckingham (TMBC namesake and the Head of Research, People + Performance at the ADP Research Institute) to remember the purpose of holiday rituals.
Release Date: December 3, 2022
Please note that these release notes delineate the items launched on the date shown above. If you have any questions, please reach out to your Client Success Partner or customerservice@tmbc.com.
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Introducing the new and improved, digitized Milestone Connect!
Reporting Updates:
NEW “Incomplete Performance Pulses” Usage Report
Attention Gap Reporting Update - More guidance
All Reports Update - Audience viewer banner
All Reports Update - Easier date selection
Engagement Reporting Update - Updated Global Engagement benchmarks
Engagement Reporting Update - Team leader info
Engagement Reporting Update - Custom questions visibility
Engagement Reporting Update - Inactive team leader metadata visibility
Usage Reports - Last updated date/time stamp
Team Leader Dashboard - Tool tip added to define Static and Dynamic team terminology
Milestone Connect
Enhancement: NEW Digitized version available in StandOut
We are pleased to share that Milestone Connect will now be available to complete in a new, digitized format, which will now be fully integrated into the StandOut platform! Building on the connection established by weekly Check-Ins, a Milestone Connect enables a team leader and team member to have a deeper dive strengths-based conversation about the team member's work. It provides an opportunity to reflect on key strengths, wins, and challenges over a longer time period, to develop an even more effective partnership and guide future work. Click the video here to learn more and see both the team leader and team member experience using this new feature.
All users who have the Check-In feature enabled can utilize Milestone Connect; please connect with your CS or DC partner to turn it on for your organization.
Reporting
New Feature: NEW “Incomplete Performance Pulses” Usage Report
A new Incomplete Performance Pulse Usage Report has been created to identify individuals who have not had a Performance Pulse submitted by their leader within a selected date range.
Reporting
Enhancement: Executive Dashboard > Attention Gap updates
Several changes were made to provide context and clarity around data that’s reflected within the Attention Gap card. Both the “Range of Likely Values” tool tip and “Learn More” modal have been updated to further clarify threshold criteria and data included.
Reporting
Enhancement: Audience viewer banner
For users who are viewing Audience level reporting in any of our reporting areas, we’ve created a banner to make it clear that they may be viewing a restricted data set based on permissions set by their system administrators.
Reporting
Enhancement: Date Selection Update
Until now, when modifying selected reporting dates, users had to reselect both the start and end date. Thanks to client feedback on this feature, we’ve updated our date pickers to enable users to select and modify reporting start and end dates independently of each other.
Reporting
Enhancement: Updated Global Engagement benchmarks
Country & Industry benchmark data in Engagement Pulse Reporting has been updated with 2022 ADP Research Institute findings.
Reporting
Enhancement: Engagement Reporting Update - Team Leader info
We’re adding details about the team leader to the results modal header within Engagement Reporting. Previously, this header only showed the team name. With this release, it now also shows the team leader’s name and avatar, top 2 StandOut Roles, Engagement Pulse launch & close dates, and a count of team members invited and that responded to the Engagement Pulse.
Reporting
Enhancement: Engagement Pulse custom questions visibility
Any custom questions that have been added to an Engagement Pulse and their corresponding results will now be visible in the detailed report for team leaders to reference.
Reporting
Enhancement: Inactive Team Leader metadata now included in Engagement Pulse results
To allow users to filter historical Engagement Pulse reporting that includes team leaders who have become inactive, we’ve added in their last know metadata values. This metadata will now be included in exports from the Engagement Pulse and Usage Reports pages in Reporting.
Reporting
Enhancement: Usage Reports last updated stamp
To align with our other reporting pages, we’ve added a ‘Data Calculated on’ label below all individual Usage Reports, reflecting date, time and time zone.
Reporting
Enhancement: New tool tip added in the Team Leader Dashboard
To provide users with clarity on terminology, a tool tip has been added to the Team Filter dropdown in the Team Leader Dashboard, providing definitions for Static Teams and Dynamic Teams.