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3 July 2026

New

  • Training Diary setup has been expanded to support clearer diary flows and cycle configuration

  • Administrators can now manage MFA settings from the user manager

  • Review resource tabs can now show Role Information and links to past review PDFs

  • Review steps can now be configured with no assigned responsibility where a step does not need an employee, manager, or other participant owner

  • RemCom Excel exports now include employee IDs for easier analysis

  • Performance Intelligence now makes active review cycles easier to find and provides richer employee detail views

  • Bulk export and import areas now provide clearer job history and progress information

Improved

  • Admin settings screens are now easier to navigate across Reviews, RemCom, Fast Feedback, Debriefs, Check-ins, Objectives, Training Diary, Profile Settings, and Performance Intelligence

  • Review settings, contributor feedback settings, AI prompts, and email-template management are clearer to edit and save

  • RemCom configuration has been refined across AI summaries, reward modelling, process cloning, roles, and stages

  • Email campaign administration now has clearer campaign lists, recurring send history, recipient views, and safer scheduled-recipient handling

  • Contributor bullet charts now keep zero-score options visible while displaying rating bars more accurately

  • Review PDFs now include primary and secondary supervisor details on the cover sheet

  • Manage Users exports now better match import requirements, with split names and supervisor employee IDs

  • Strategic priority setup is now clearer, with settings, access rules, and form fields managed in one place

  • Settings administration now has clearer AI access controls, Key Documents visibility guidance, and prompt management screens

  • Fast Feedback, Objectives, and profile detail popups are easier to scan

  • Admin module pages, shared buttons, app headers, engagement dashboards, and analytics cards have been visually refined


14 June 2026

New

  • RemCom reviews now support downloading review PDFs as resource documents

  • Custom user fields can now be included in the Manage Users export

Improved

  • Objective fields in the review builder can now be filtered to show existing objectives, new objectives, or both

  • Report builder now highlights stale field references so broken links are easy to spot and fix

  • Capability Information can now be added to contributor forms

  • Review builders can now control which columns appear in the competency rating summary

  • Review reports now include objective custom fields

  • Past review source is now shown in report exports

  • Contributor role is now included in review exports

  • Contributor feedback export is now always available

  • New actions on objectives now pre-fill a default assignee

  • Date range selection in forms and exports is more reliable, with smarter default periods

  • PDF exports now use improved paragraph spacing

  • Imported review content now renders inline styling more faithfully

  • Large exports are more reliable and no longer interrupted by background logging

  • Supervisor relationships now display clearer relationship labels

  • Form validation now refreshes correctly when dynamic fields are removed

  • Restricted admin edits now preserve existing user roles

  • RemCom workspace refined across index cards, process guide, outcomes, reward modelling, working sets, review tables, and document panels

  • Fixed fast feedback PDF date filtering

  • Fixed financial column ordering in employee profiles

  • Fixed contributor approval confirmation

  • Fixed RemCom involvement stage display and configured role form visibility


30 May 2026

New

  • Performance Intelligence now includes clearer starting points for Reviews, Objectives, Fast Feedback, Compare Reviews, and Employee Trajectory (Coming Soon)

  • Speech-to-text can now be configured by language and speech engine

  • Review builders can now link directly to Key Documents from rich text fields

  • Training Diary PDF exports now include full activity descriptions and learning outcomes

Improved

  • Reviews dashboard now hides inactive participation records

  • Review builder now keeps historical alignment options visible where they are still used

  • Email campaign recipient filters now more accurately match active review cycles and step responsibility

  • Objectives admin exports are faster and more reliable for larger data sets

  • Financial data grids now handle hidden and deleted rows/columns more safely

  • Large data tables are easier to scan with sticky key columns and clearer selected-row highlighting

  • Date fields are more reliable across browsers and timezones

  • Check-ins completed on the same day now appear immediately

  • Fast Feedback AI analysis now handles feedback without written comments more gracefully

  • Empty-state messages now display bullet and numbered lists correctly

  • AI chat responses are more resilient when long responses or formatting issues occur


16 May 2026

New

  • Performance Intelligence workspace introduced for exploring review analytics, calibration, trends, employee trajectory, risk, development, culture, and collaboration signals (Coming Soon)

  • Review analytics now make better use of historical review content and supporting employee context

  • Performance Intelligence now has a dedicated landing page with guidance, availability status, and workspace navigation

  • AI-powered insight summaries added in more places across Performance Intelligence

  • Review AI summary gallery added with preset templates and a unified viewer

Improved

  • Performance Intelligence navigation, empty states, explanatory text, and AI attribution have been refined

  • Employee trajectory and readiness analysis now presents clearer signals and easier-to-understand groupings

  • Talent grids, heatmaps, calibration charts, scatter plots, and review analytics charts are clearer and more reliable

  • Imported review content is cleaned more carefully before display

  • Review analytics now refresh more reliably when source review data changes

  • Compass AI chat styling and branding has been refined

  • Older AI summary references have been removed where the feature is no longer available


2 May 2026

New

  • Feedback Concierge expanded with contributor support, text-to-speech, dictation, and improved voice settings

  • Administrators can now control AI feature access by user

  • New tools added to help review and improve AI prompt quality

  • Bulk export now supports Markdown export

  • Contributor bulk nomination tool added

  • Past Review Data fields can now be included in report builder PDF and Markdown exports

  • Training Diary engagement node added to Engagement reporting

  • Supervisors can now view direct report Training Diary entries

Improved

  • Review analytics can now use richer extracted content and rating signals

  • Performance Intelligence pages are more consistent with the rest of the platform

  • Bulk export is more tolerant of long-running jobs

  • Review PDF downloads and views are now logged as activity

  • Private fast feedback is excluded from review PDF and Markdown exports

  • Fast feedback PDF date filtering and timezone handling corrected

  • Campaign emails now use the configured system reply-to address

  • Active review filtering improved for dashboards, distribution lists, and recipient selectors

  • Objective PDF export now includes action and comment details

  • Attachment sorting added in Key Documents

  • Microphone access for dictation is more reliable in Chrome

  • Employee and financial imports now handle empty values, cleared fields, and error filtering more clearly


18 April 2026

New

  • RemCom process workspace refreshed with a redesigned sidebar, header, modelling area, reward data flow, and outcomes tracking

  • RemCom AI summaries, prompt presets, reward modelling, access controls, and activity logging expanded

  • Form builder sections now support relationship-based restrictions

  • Time allocation charts added to PDF output

Improved

  • RemCom admin configure and popup UI made more consistent with shared components

  • RemCom tables are easier to read with grouping, totals, row highlighting, and improved column sizing

  • Actions and comments have been redesigned for clearer review and export presentation

  • Employee details forms now use clearer card styling and responsive layouts

  • Page headings have been tightened for more consistent typography

  • Review status, contributor feedback ordering, active review filters, and PDF access controls refined

  • Imported data PDF templates now preserve line breaks more reliably

  • Objective exports now include created and updated dates

  • Multiple stability issues resolved across page interactions, PDFs, and exports


3 April 2026

New

  • RemCom module 1.1 - remuneration committee workspace with process designer, reward modelling, AI summaries, outcomes tracking, audit logging

  • Bulk objective creation now supports adding action items to each objective

Improved

  • Design improvements across platform

  • Contributor form builder sections can now be restricted by relationship type

  • Private feedback badge displayed on fast feedback items visible to managers only

  • Review Excel export now includes Role Profile column and uses configurable terminology for column headers

  • Review activity and engagement page updated with attribute filtering

  • Fast feedback PDF exports now include the original request context

  • Fiscal date picker layout redesigned with year navigation in the header row

  • Admins can now delete contributors regardless of review ownership

  • Objectives form shows an alert when no alignment plans are configured

  • AI Compass performance improvements — conversation compaction, retry with backoff

  • Email template creation sanitises UTF-8 to prevent encoding failures

  • Capability matrix rows and columns now sorted alphabetically


24 March 2026

AI-powered exports now surface SMART scores and coaching insights automatically, so you can see quality at a glance. Plus, the new objectives coverage report instantly shows where goal-setting is strong—and where you need to lift adoption.

New

  • Include AI quality analysis data in objectives and feedback Excel exports — SMART scores, coaching focus, and improvement suggestions

  • Filter user assignments by pasting a list of email addresses for quick bulk selection in performance review assignment

  • Download an objectives coverage report showing goal-setting activity across your organisation

Improved

  • Completed check-ins now show the scheduled date as the primary date and are locked from further editing

  • New actions no longer pre-fill a default assignee

  • Objective email campaign distribution lists now correctly include all eligible users


17 March 2026

Admins now have tighter control over contributor relationships, making complex review setups easier to manage at scale. And deactivated employee exports plus shareable, linkable user guides make admin work faster and smoother.

New

  • Admins can manage contributor relationships directly from the admin interface

  • Export deactivated employee data to Excel from admin settings

  • User guide sections now have shareable links with a clickable index and copy link button

Improved

  • Feedback request text now included in consolidated Excel exports

  • Check-in email button labels now use your configured terminology

  • Contributor nomination visibility rules now enforced for employees

  • Imported data in reviews now renders line breaks correctly

  • Quality analysis tooltip content now displays on feedback cards

  • AI quality feedback prompts refined for clearer, more actionable suggestions

  • Debrief charts and navigation improvements

  • Engagement dashboard filters and tooltips now apply correctly

  • Email preview renders correctly in dark mode

  • Review enrollment table filter improvements


10 March 2026

You can now bulk-create objectives and export pending feedback in a few clicks—less admin, more momentum. Exports are also cleaner and more complete, with better status coverage and improved reliability across key review workflows.

New

  • Bulk create objectives from the objectives admin page

  • Export pending (requested) feedback data to Excel

  • HR Employee ID column added to review exports

Improved

  • Review exports now include all contributor statuses and employee extra attributes

  • Inactive supervisors now display an (Inactive) label in admin user management

  • Objectives now appear under the correct alignment section within reviews

  • Confirm Step can no longer be placed inside form sections in the form builder

  • Debrief PDF exports render HTML content correctly

  • Fast feedback popup now shows correct instruction text for all users

  • Completed reviews display correctly regardless of volume

  • Review step duplication no longer creates duplicate step numbers

  • Date range filters now use local time consistently

  • Cleaned up legacy tooltip icons from form fields


3 March 2026

Imports are now more forgiving and accurate, with email fallback matching when the primary identifier doesn’t hit. That means fewer failed uploads and less time spent cleaning up CSVs.

Improved

  • Employee importer now supports email fallback matching when the primary identifier is not found

  • CSV imports now preserve existing employee values for fields not included in the upload

  • Fast feedback email rendering and slider input improvements


24 February 2026

Reviews and check-ins got more flexible with attachments now supported as a first-class “resource tab.” Under the hood, importer reliability and UI polish improved to keep data clean and navigation effortless.

New

  • Attachments can now be added as a resource tab in reviews and check-ins

  • Supervisors can view direct report fast feedback from the popup

  • Delete button added to the fast feedback edit page

Improved

  • CSV and HRIS importers handle headers and sensitive fields more reliably

  • Custom attribute data type dropdown hidden where not applicable

  • Competency popover now scrolls when content exceeds the visible area

  • Financial data columns display in the correct order within reviews

  • Past review year filter now returns all completed reviews


17 February 2026

Fast Feedback now supports self-feedback, and admins can configure decline messaging—more control, better engagement. The form builder also levels up with “Past Review Data,” unlocking smarter, context-aware forms with fewer manual steps.

New

  • Users can now give themselves fast feedback

  • Feedback decline email is now configurable by admins

  • New Past Review Data field type in the form builder — pull data from a prior review cycle into the current form

  • Restricted admins can now export review data

Improved

  • Actions now show the completed date alongside the due date

  • Recently completed objectives display window reduced to 1 day

  • Employee importer now detects duplicate emails and employee IDs before processing

  • Rich text editor upgraded for improved reliability

  • PDF exports now render emoji characters correctly

  • Review admin filters use consistent status labels

  • Fast feedback field ordering, inactive type display, and checkbox output corrected

  • Review PDF exports render HTML content correctly

  • Email campaign action buttons now appear correctly in sent emails

  • Contributor question filtering now respects relationship rules

  • Custom user attribute handling corrected

  • Review table pagination and sorting improvements

  • Overall stability improvements across the platform


10 February 2026

Admins get more power and less noise: pause/resume review emails, search objectives, and exempt specific users from MFA when needed. Access controls and data handling were also tightened up, improving security and consistency across exports and workflows.

New

  • Edit Participation popup for reviews with attachments support

  • MFA exemption — exempt specific users from multi-factor authentication

  • Search functionality added to objectives

  • Pause and resume outgoing review email notifications

  • User attribute filters added to objectives export

Improved

  • Restricted admin access controls now properly applied to review exports, email campaigns, and UI elements

  • Employee and review importers support group names and email field mapping

  • Improved data validation and sanitisation across all importers

  • Simplified form builder toolbar — removed unused field types

  • Non-configurable email templates hidden from admin settings

  • Completed reviews, contributor nominations, and form attachments all render correctly

  • Fast feedback request limits and date filters now calculate accurately

  • Objective popup displays correctly when created by a supervisor


3 February 2026

The new Review Health Check helps diagnose cycle issues before they become problems, saving time and avoiding messy fixes. Plus, the AI chatbot and core UI got smoother and clearer, improving day-to-day usability.

New

  • Review health check — diagnostic tool to verify review cycle integrity

  • Login errors now tracked in the audit trail

Improved

  • AI chatbot upgraded with smoother text animation and improved formatting

  • Reviews and contributor tasks now separated on the things-to-do page

  • Review card design refreshed for clarity

  • Email template editor preview updates are now faster and smoother

  • Client logo displays correctly in sent email campaigns

  • Form builder WYSIWYG editor now opens links in a new tab

  • General stability improvements for objectives, actions, assessments, and calendar views


27 January 2026

Objective portfolio insights (beta) brings a higher-level view of performance and progress across an employee’s objectives. And smarter AI coaching plus better SMART scoring makes guidance more relevant and actionable.

New

  • AI-powered objective portfolio insights (beta)

  • Custom employee attributes supported in CSV imports with dynamic field mapping

Improved

  • Objective AI assistant delivers more relevant coaching with enriched context including actions and timeline

  • AI quality scoring refined for more accurate SMART analysis

  • AI chatbot streaming and markdown rendering upgraded

  • Debrief AI summary processing improved

  • Objective settings now warn when required fields are missing

  • Character limit handling for text paste events

  • Review report rendering, language display, and timezone handling improvements


20 January 2026

Bulk review import/export via CSV is here—faster migrations, faster admin, less manual work. Performance and presentation also improved, with quicker leadership views and more reliable PDF generation.

New

  • Import and export review data in bulk via CSV

Improved

  • PDF generation updated with new fonts for more reliable rendering

  • Reviews leadership view loads significantly faster

  • Review email notifications and UI refreshed

  • Check-ins now simplify the process of importing feedback and objectives

  • Form builder field reordering, contributor forms, and review duplication all work more reliably

  • Multi-surname display corrected for abbreviated name formats


13 January 2026

This release is an admin powerhouse: bulk deactivation, smarter imports, better monitoring, and broader HRIS support (including Oracle SOAP). It also streamlines AI and UX across the platform, improving speed, consistency, and day-to-day manageability.

New

  • Delete check-in templates from admin

  • Sort objectives, debriefs, and check-in templates by alignment

  • Rich text descriptions for check-in templates

  • Email campaigns button added to objectives admin page

  • Background jobs monitoring card for admins

  • Bulk deactivation for employees via the importer

  • Auto-create attributes during employee import

  • Primary key selection for employee and financial imports

  • Import archive with search for past import operations

  • Oracle SOAP endpoint support for HRIS integration with auto/manual sync toggle

  • Maintenance mode admin setting

  • Custom attribute filtering for leadership access scoping

Improved

  • AI settings moved to a dedicated, streamlined configuration

  • Session timeout extended to 14-day maximum with smarter background tab handling

  • Check-in UX refinements across the module

  • Fast feedback admin interface cleaned up and standardised

  • Fast feedback detail view now accessible from email links

  • Objectives batch operations and alignment tools

  • Plan search, suggestions visibility, and UI updates

  • Comments now support rich text from historical content

  • Terminology standardised for Role Profile and Position across the platform

  • Reviews from V5 migration are now read-only; completed review cycles are locked

  • Client IP tracking improved for accurate audit logging

  • SSO, login redirect, HRIS supervisor mapping, deactivated user search, proxy login, and action ordering all improved


Welcome to Performance Leader V6

Version 6 is the latest release of the Performance Leader platform — modern, faster, and built for how organisations manage performance today.

Core Modules

  • People Reviews — Multi-step review cycles with configurable forms, contributor nominations, relationship-based question filtering, self and 360 assessments, participation management, and PDF report generation

  • Objectives — Goal setting with plan alignment, AI-powered SMART quality analysis, progress tracking, actions, comments, attachments, and coaching suggestions

  • Fast Feedback — Peer-to-peer recognition and development feedback with configurable templates, request workflows, self-feedback, and Feedback for Good (CSR charity voting)

  • Check-ins — Recurring manager-employee conversations with scheduled cadences, templates, objective and feedback imports, and debrief summaries

  • Plans — Strategic and operational plans with cascading alignment, objective assignment, and coverage reporting

  • CPD — Continuing professional development tracking with configurable hour targets and evidence logging

  • Debriefs — Post-cycle analysis with AI-generated summaries, distribution charts, and exportable reports

  • RemCom — Remuneration committee workspace with multi-stage workflows, role-based permissions, calibration tools, board views, outcome tracking, and AI-powered intelligence

AI Intelligence

  • Objective Quality Analysis — Automated SMART scoring with dimension breakdowns, coaching focus, and improvement suggestions

  • Feedback Quality Analysis — Scoring across clarity, specificity, actionability, constructiveness, tone, and balance

  • AI Assistant — Conversational AI for exploring data, surfacing patterns, and generating insights with interactive charts

  • AI Summaries — Automated debrief and review cycle summaries

  • Portfolio Insights — AI analysis across an employee's full objective portfolio

Administration

  • User Management — Employee profiles with departments, positions, locations, and custom attributes; CSV and HRIS import; bulk deactivation

  • Email Campaigns — Targeted communications with template editor, distribution lists, attribute filtering, and pause/resume

  • Form Builder — Drag-and-drop designer with text, select, radio, checkbox, star rating, grid, slider, date, rich text, past review data, and confirm step fields

  • Attributes — Flexible attribute system for classifying employees with custom attributes and imported data

  • Engagement Dashboard — Cross-module analytics with date range and attribute segmentation

  • Audit Trail — Change tracking with before/after snapshots for compliance

  • Restricted Admin — Scoped access with attribute-based restrictions

  • MFA — Multi-factor authentication with per-user exemption

  • HRIS Integration — Automated employee sync with Oracle SOAP and API connections

Data & Exports

  • Excel Exports — Configurable exports for objectives, feedback, reviews, CPD, and deactivated users with optional quality analysis data

  • PDF Reports — Template-based reports with emoji support and custom fonts

  • Review Import/Export — Bulk review data management via CSV

  • Employee & Financial Import — CSV import with primary key selection, email matching, duplicate detection, and custom attribute mapping

  • Coverage Reports — Objectives coverage analysis across the organisation

Platform

  • Dark Mode — Full support across all modules

  • In-App User Guide — Searchable guide with shareable section links

  • SSO — Single sign-on with client and IdP-initiated flows

  • Configurable Sessions — Timeouts up to 14 days with heartbeat monitoring

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