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Reminders for Career Development

This guide covers how to set up and manage customizable reminders for people development activities in ManagerDash.

Understanding Reminders​

Reminders help you stay on top of important people management activities by notifying you when certain development tasks are due. Starting in v1.6.0, ManagerDash includes a customizable reminders system that ensures you maintain regular touchpoints with your team members.

Why Use Reminders?​

Reminders help you:

  • Track career development conversations
  • Ensure consistent feedback delivery
  • Stay proactive about team member growth
  • Avoid missing important development milestones

Types of Reminders​

ManagerDash supports customizable reminder types that can be configured for different people development activities:

Default Reminder Types​

  • Performance Reviews: Quarterly or annual review cycles
  • Career Conversations: Long-term career development discussions
  • Feedback Check-ins: Reminder to review and deliver pending feedback
  • Development Goal Reviews: Progress check on goals and milestone progress

Managing Reminders​

Viewing Reminders​

Home Dashboard:

  • See all upcoming reminders across your team
  • Sorted by due date

Snoozing a Reminder​

If you need to postpone a reminder:

  1. Close the reminder by clicking on the X icon
  2. The reminder will snooze for 2 days

Editing reminder cadence​

If you want to change a threshold for a reminders:

  1. Click on Settings
  2. Click on Teams and People
  3. Scroll to the "Reminder Rules" section and make changes.
  4. Click Save

Career Conversations:

  • Quarterly for growth-focused discussions
  • More frequent during promotion cycles

Feedback Check-ins:

  • Weekly to review pending feedback
  • Before scheduled 1-on-1s

Goal Reviews:

  • Monthly for active goals
  • Bi-weekly for complex projects