Users & permissions

What a person can see and do in Admire is determined by the union of all permissions assigned to them. Permissions add up: a person always has the broadest access that any of their assignments grants, so you grant capability by assigning more, never by working around restrictions.

Predefined permission sets

For convenience, Admire ships predefined permission sets that cover the common cases: assign one and you’re done. You pick a set on the Permissions tab when configuring a person or role:

The Permissions tab: choose a predefined set (Admin shown), or switch to Custom to grant permissions resource by resource.

Each suits a different kind of person:

• Admin: full access to configure the organization. For the people who own setup and run the account: founders, ops leads, program owners.
• Coach: manages and coaches people, runs Meetings, and sees reporting. For managers and team leads who develop a team.
• Coachee: focused on their own development: their profile, skills, and self-coaching. For individual team members being coached.
• Viewer: read-only access. For people who need visibility without making changes, such as a skip-level leader or an auditor.

Custom permissions

When the predefined sets don’t fit a special scenario, assign custom permissions, a tailored combination for that person. Because access is the union of everything assigned, you can also layer a custom grant on top of a predefined set to extend it without starting from scratch.

Use custom permissions sparingly

Custom permissions are for advanced scenarios. Unlike the predefined sets, they do not auto-upgrade as Admire ships new capabilities, so a custom grant can silently fall behind and miss access to newer features. Prefer a predefined set whenever one fits, and reach for custom permissions only when nothing else will do.

Organization ownership

One person is the organization owner, the final authority on the account. Ownership can be transferred when needed.