In Workleap Performance, the review cycle is the container for a round of reviews. Every self, peer, manager, and upward review belongs to a cycle that covers a chosen group of people and either a shared period (Focal) or each person's own period based on their hire date (Anniversary or Tenure-based). A cycle is how you run a performance moment from start to finish, and it's what feeds the scores, distributions, and calibration you act on afterward.
The four review types
A cycle can include any combination of:
Self-review — the employee assesses themselves.
Manager review — the manager assesses the employee.
Peer review — colleagues assess each other.
Upward review — direct reports give feedback to their manager.
Cycle schedules
A cycle follows one of three schedules:
Focal — everyone starts together, with shared deadlines.
Anniversary — each person starts on their work anniversary, every year.
Tenure-based — each person starts once, 30, 60 or 90 days, 6 months or 1 year after their hire date.
Hire-date cycles launch empty and fill as people reach their date. See Probation & Anniversary Reviews.
The life of a review cycle
A cycle moves through five stages. Each has its own article.
Create — Build the form and questions, set how the score is calculated, turn on calibration, and choose participants. See Create a review cycle.
Launch — On a Focal cycle, participants are notified and reviews begin. On a hire-date cycle, the cycle launches empty and each person is notified when their own date arrives. You can also set enrollment to open on a date. You can keep editing the form until the cycle is locked.
Track — Monitor progress, send nudges, and share results as reviews come in. See Manage and track a review cycle.
Lock — Freeze the cycle when it's complete, so the data stays stable for reporting, or set a lock date so the cycle locks itself.
Analyze — Read the score distribution and individual results, align talent decisions in Calibration, and export the data if needed. The number behind it all is the Review Score.
Who does what
Executives and Collaborators create and administer cycles across the organization.
Direct Managers track the cycles that include their reporting line and act on their team's reviews.
Employees complete the review tasks assigned to them.