Updates in the 2.25 Sounding Board platform release:
Individual Contributor Coaching and Leader Level Names
Individual Contributor (IC) Coaching is now available. IC Coaching is 1:1 coaching for high potential employees who are not yet people leaders. Accompanying this new feature are new leader level names.
New Leader Level Names
- Individual Contributors = Explorers (new level)
- Level 1= Navigators
- Level 2 = Pathfinders
- Level 3 = Trailblazers
The above names will be used for all Sounding Board Services customers. SaaS customers will be able to specify their leader level names.
IC Coaching Engagements
Individual contributor (Explorer level) coachees can be created, added to programs and matched with coaches.
- Admins will create IC coachee users
- Admins will add IC coachees to programs, then match them with coaches and launch their engagements.
- IC coachees and their coaches can schedule and conduct coaching sessions.
Coach Profile
- Added new Leadership Coaching Experience - Functions field to the coach profile so coach can specify what functions they have coaching experience in.
- The List of industries under the Professional Leadership Experience - Industries and Leadership Coaching Experience -- Industries fields have been updated.
User Onboarding
- The functional experience question is now on the Basic Info onboarding step, and there are new options under the list.
People Table (for Admins)
- Changed People table “Style Survey Completed” filter option to “Ready for Matching”, and adjusted behavior to show coachees who:
- Are in a 1:1 program
- Have a completed style survey, and
- Are not matched with a coach in that program yet (even if they have been matched with coach in another program)
Bug Fixes
- Manager perspective survey is now correctly visible to coaches
- Full text of group coaching session resource descriptions can now be easily viewed:
- Company name is now correctly displayed in email notifications.
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