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360-Degree Feedback Programs To Help Your Company Grow

HR Digest

The term 360-degree feedback has gained global popularity with reports from Forbes indicating that more than 85 percent of Fortune 500 companies use 360 feedback to review their employees regularly. A 360-degree appraisal system provides an elaborate set of criteria to evaluate an employee.

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To Help Others Develop, Start With Yourself

Marshall Goldsmith

I just reviewed my 360-degree feedback. He communicated clear expectations for ethics, values, and behavior. Listen to what General Mills CEO Steve Sanger once told 90 of his colleagues: “As you all know, last year my team told me that I needed to do a better job of coaching my direct reports.

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Become a More Effective Leader by Asking One Tough Question

Marshall Goldsmith

At the end of my sessions, I ask leaders (who have received 360-degree feedback) to follow up with their co-workers and ask for ongoing ideas about how they can continue to become more effective. Their answers had nothing to do with integrity, ethics, or values. The 'do-nothings' were good people with good values.

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To Develop Others, Start With Yourself

Marshall Goldsmith

I just reviewed my 360- degree feedback. He communicated clear expectations for ethics, values, and behavior. Listen to what General Mills CEO Steve Sanger recently told 90 of his colleagues: 'As you all know, last year my team told me that I needed to do a better job of coaching my direct reports.

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March 2013 Leadership Development Carnival

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

She says, “As our work becomes more complex, so do our ethical dilemmas.” Miller of The People Equation explores how coaching, training and 360 degree feedback is a key strategy for creating an organization that’s responsive to change.

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If They Understand, They Will Do

Marshall Goldsmith

Leaders in the company received 360-degree feedback to help them understand how their actual behavior was seen as matching this desired profile. All were trained to respond to co-workers on their feedback using a very simple follow-up process. Their answers never have anything to do with ethics or integrity.

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Turning a Negative into a Positive

Marshall Goldsmith

I will never forget the first time I received 360-degree feedback from my own staff. The score I earned on that item the last time I received 360-degree feedback was 4.8 There is no moral, legal, or ethical reason that I have to share this opinion with the rest of the world. out of a possible 5!