StandOut Provisional Release Notes 26.13 (March 26, 2026)

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StandOut Data Primer

People ROI

StandOut Insights: Story for All

Updated Global Benchmarks

StandOut Connections Series: Strengths Insights in Action

Research

New resource! StandOut Data Primer

We’re kicking off this StandOut Insights themed release with a brand-new tool that will equip anyone to become a data expert. The StandOut Data Primer is new documentation that goes back to the basics to answer any data questions that you might have.

This tool will include an overview of all StandOut metrics associated with the Check-In and Engagement Pulse features, including a glossary and guidance on how the data points connect. The quick reference format will support HR practitioners--or anyone who is curious--in understanding more about the metrics that are calculated and reported in the platform and data extracts. 📊

Talent Strategic Advisory Offerings
New offering! People ROI

Organizations today are under increasing pressure to demonstrate the business impact of their workforce investments. As expectations rise for HR to contribute measurable value, many leaders are looking for clearer ways to connect talent initiatives to financial and operational outcomes.

To help organizations address this challenge, we’re introducing a new strategic advisory offering: People ROI.  This consulting engagement includes a strategic workshop that helps leaders explore how workforce initiatives influence business performance and equips them with a practical framework for linking talent investments to measurable outcomes. Participants leave with a clearer understanding of where people strategies drive impact and how to build a credible human capital value narrative.

Participants will:

• Learn a Human Capital Value Framework that connects talent initiatives to business outcomes
• Identify the workforce initiatives that most influence strategic business priorities
• Map how HR decisions impact financial and operational results
• Establish leading indicators and measurement approaches for ongoing tracking
• Define a measurement roadmap to mature people analytics and storytelling
• Create the foundation for a human capital value narrative leaders can confidently communicate

Benefits for Organizations

Organizations participating in this offering gain:

• A shared language between HR and Finance for discussing workforce investments
• Alignment on priority initiatives with measurable business impact
• A clear starting point for board-level human capital reporting
• Greater confidence connecting talent strategy to business performance

To learn more, contact your deployment consultant or talent solutions partner.

Platform
StandOut Insights - StandOut Data Deep Dive

A new story type is being added to the suite of StandOut Insights stories: it’s called StandOut Data Deep Dive and we’re pleased to share that it’ll be available to all clients.  New to StandOut Insights? This is a StandOut Reporting feature that delivers ready-made digital presentations featuring employee-level data calculations. The stories are easily shareable with anyone in your organization, from senior leaders to front-line workers, offering a simple way to communicate the positive impact of StandOut. 

While other StandOut Insights stories require a certain level of data criteria to generate, StandOut Data Deep Dive generates using existing data, so you’ll be sure to receive a story regardless of adoption.

What’s included?

• An Adoption Summary that dives into the data
• A Power of Attention section that examines to impact of leader attention on engagement
• Key Findings
• What’s Next

The StandOut Data Deep Dive story can be found in StandOut Reporting → StandOut Insights, and practitioners will also receive an in-platform notification and email each time a new story is generated. There’s a shareable link at the top of the story, through which practitioners may easily send the story to anyone else in the organization as long as they have an active StandOut account. As with all other StandOut Insights Stories, all charts are easily exportable from the slides and PDF views are available as well.

Platform

Updated Global Benchmarks

Country & Industry benchmark data in StandOut Reporting has been updated with data collected as part of ADP Research’s 2025 Global Survey of Engagement. Data was collected in August 2025 and includes the additions of the countries Austria and Turkey.

StandOut Strengths Development
New episode! StandOut Connection Series

Our StandOut Connection series is back with Episode 2: Strengths Insights in Action! This 3.5-minute animated video shows how Team Leaders can inspire stronger connection and collaboration among their Team Members by helping them share insights about their StandOut Roles. While it is set in a hospital with a team of nurses discussing a patient safety metric, the video is relevant for any team that discusses elements of their work together, and helps team leaders see the simplicity and impact of asking their team members to share insights about their StandOut Roles to build stronger connection and collaboration.

We created the StandOut Connections series in response to the client request for simple and brief animated videos to provide to buse team leaders, with actionable insights into ways leaders can use StandOut to support connections on their team. Just as the videos are 3 minutes or less, the simple actions they encourage team leaders to take can easily be done in 3 minutes or less--a small time commitment to drive meaningful impact! 

This video is available to StandOut Strengths Development clients and can be found on the Digital Content page of StandOut Now. If you’re interested in purchasing StandOut Strengths Development to have access to content including video series, eLearnings, workshops, and more, please reach out to your client success partner.