Case Study: Foster Made achieves consistent weekly status updates and stronger team alignment with Lattice

How Foster Made Implemented Weekly Status Updates

Foster Made, a 20–30 person software development agency in Richmond, Virginia, struggled to keep regular check‑ins as it grew and didn’t have a dedicated HR function. They adopted the Lattice Platform to bring structure to performance management, initially launching weekly updates and later adding praise, Slack integration, 1:1s and quarterly reviews to recreate the lost touchpoints between managers and individual contributors.

Using Lattice, Foster Made phased in weekly written updates with customized prompts and manager follow‑ups, then rolled out public praise and reviews; managers use sentiment scores to spot changes and act quickly. The result: Foster Made now posts more weekly updates per employee than 95% of Lattice customers using the feature, has faster manager intervention when issues arise, and stronger recognition and team visibility.

Foster Made

Shawn Maida

Founder and Partner