Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

MARCH 4, 2013

Welcome to the March 2013 Leadership Development Carnival! Thanks to those who contributed the many excellent posts on leadership practices, the workplace environment and personal mastery. And a special thanks to carnival leader Dan McCarthy at Great Leadership for the invitation to host this carnival.

Leadership Development 205

Leadership Development Development Leadership 360-Degree Feedback 205

Marshall Goldsmith

MAY 5, 2014

You hurt your company. Why should people spend their hard-earned money on your company’s products? If the boss is behaving in a way that is bad for the company, why don’t you challenge him? You don’t enhance your career. Ask yourself four simple questions: Will this comment help my company?

360-Degree Feedback 122

360-Degree Feedback Learning-by-Doing Survey CEO 122

Marshall Goldsmith

OCTOBER 7, 2013

We first get an agreement with our coaching clients and their managers on two key variables: 1) what are the key behaviors that will make the biggest positive change in increased leadership effectiveness and 2) who are the key stakeholders that should determine (one year later) if this change has occurred. That is just not what I do.

Leadership 117

Leadership 360-Degree Feedback Follow-up Learning-by-Doing 117

Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 31, 2012

I am probably the only executive educator that you have ever heard of who actually measures if the participants in my leadership development courses do what I teach – and then measures if they are seen as becoming more effective leaders. But of course, just as at most companies, 30% of the people at this company ended up doing nothing.

360-Degree Feedback 102

360-Degree Feedback Follow-up Bottom-up Participative 102

Marshall Goldsmith

JUNE 7, 2011

Is your company competing for top talent? Rapid change is the order of the day, with global mergers, acquisitions and shifts--and the resulting talent and leadership challenge will likely determine the success or failure of your organization between now and 2020. To what degree can I trust you to develop my talents and skills?

360-Degree Feedback 118

360-Degree Feedback Learning Curve Budgeting Career 118

Marshall Goldsmith

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Discussing a rival company’s good fortune can be positive if it gets your people to work harder, but if s inappropriate when it soils other people’s reputations. Dealing with Feedback. Confidential 360-degree feedback is the best way for successful people to identify what they need to improve in their relationships.

360-Degree Feedback 102

360-Degree Feedback Commitment Information Learning-by-Doing 102

Marshall Goldsmith

MAY 3, 2011

This should have been the apex of Mike's young career. I have two sons, and if they were receiving this feedback from you in 20 years, I'd be ashamed to be their father.' Within a year, Mike's scores on his treatment of people shot up past the 50th percentile, above an already high company norm. Instead, it exposed his bad side.

360-Degree Feedback 115

360-Degree Feedback Gordon CEO Learning-by-Doing 115

Marshall Goldsmith

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Our greatest challenge as leaders isn’t understanding the practice of leadership; it’s practicing our understanding of leadership. The consistent and ongoing misassumption of almost all leadership development programs is, “If they understand, they will do.” by Marshall Goldsmith.

360-Degree Feedback 96

360-Degree Feedback Follow-up Ethics Training 96

Marshall Goldsmith

MAY 1, 2012

Most of us hate getting negative feedback, and we don't like to give it. I have reviewed summary 360-degree feedback reports for more than 50 companies. Rightly or wrongly, feedback is associated with judgment. For example, if you want to be a better listener, almost any fellow human can give you ideas.

360-Degree Feedback 127

360-Degree Feedback Participative Committee Efficiency 127

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Most of us hate getting negative feedback, and we don't like to give it. I have reviewed summary 360-degree feedback reports for more than 50 companies. Rightly or wrongly, feedback is associated with judgment. For example, if you want to be a better listener, almost any fellow human can give you ideas.

360-Degree Feedback 114

360-Degree Feedback Participative Committee Efficiency 114

Marshall Goldsmith

AUGUST 5, 2012

Most of us hate getting negative feedback, and we don’t like to give it. I have reviewed summary 360-degree feedback reports for more than 50 companies. Rightly or wrongly, feedback is associated with judgment. They don’t have to know you. FeedForward does not imply superiority of judgment.

360-Degree Feedback 89

360-Degree Feedback Participative Committee Positioning 89

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

In most organizations, professionals who want to move up get lots of feedback. Many companies provide you with so-called 360-degree feedback based on anonymous surveys from your boss, peers, and direct reports. How does one navigate the “political thicket” in the company to get things done at the senior level?

Career 9

Career 360-Degree Feedback Mentor Long-term 9

Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 22, 2010

He is a former Fortune 500 HR executive, president of The Eblin Group and graduate of Davidson College, Harvard University, and Georgetown University’s leadership coaching certificate program, where he is also on the faculty. My work as an executive coach involves looking at a lot of 360 degree feedback reports.

Bottom-up 177

Bottom-up Short-term Executive Coaching Open-book 177

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2014

Margot, my client, was offered a “great” job as the CFO of a fledgling unit within her company. She did an exemplary job leading a vast piece of the company and was rewarded with a modest promotion. This is the range of comments we see everyday from women in 360-degree feedback conversations.

360-Degree Feedback 8

360-Degree Feedback CFO Career Trends 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2014

By the time people complete the one- or two-year program, they are expected to be fully ready and cultivated for the long haul within the company. At GE, we have created mid-career leadership programs as one answer to these challenges. They work quite well. While he had his BA and MBA, he did not have business-world experience.

Training 8

Training 360-Degree Feedback Participative Human Resources 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2017

Or a 360-degree feedback report. ” Nira’s thoughts raced with all the reasons this feedback was ridiculous: I am the creative director of this company. This is contrary to every piece of feedback I’ve received my entire career. Maybe it’s your performance review. So dig deeper.

360-Degree Feedback 14

360-Degree Feedback Creativity CEO Learning-by-Doing 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Continuous personal development is fundamental to career growth, professional satisfaction, and having a broader impact in the world. And while the self-help industry and leadership professions have made a fortune on our obsession with getting better, failure rates remain alarmingly high. Do an informal, monthly 360-degree review.

360-Degree Feedback 11

360-Degree Feedback Commitment Learning-by-Doing Letter 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2017

Although leadership talent is normally distributed, 80% of people think they are better-than-average leaders. The use of 360s also enhances coaching and development interventions by closing the “blind-spots” between leaders’ self-views and other people’s views on them. Jim Whitehurst.

Self-aware 8

Self-aware 360-Degree Feedback How To Collins 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2012

This executive was widely considered among the best and brightest in his company, but it was evident that this issue needed immediate attention if he ever hoped to advance to the top spot. Earlier in his career, as a business unit manager, he recognized that he must cut costs. He wasn't alone in that regard.

360-Degree Feedback 18

360-Degree Feedback Welch Active Listening CEO 18

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2014

What skills do companies prize in C-level executives ? They also observe how executives negotiate, what matters most to them in hiring contracts, and how they decide whether to change companies. Peer and subordinate feedback. Many consultants emphasized that executives need a first-rate core of technical and soft skills.

360-Degree Feedback 8

360-Degree Feedback Self-aware Mentor Consultative 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2015

At most companies, despite all the best intentions, managing the board usually means keeping directors at arm’s length. But as I learned over the course of my career, there’s a better approach with boards. It’s important to remember that boards see only a small part of you, and even less of the company.

CEO 8

CEO 360-Degree Feedback Management Charisma 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Of the younger group, 44% ranked in the top quartile for overall leadership effectiveness when compared to all leaders in our database. The 360-degree feedback instrument we use collects data on 49 leadership behaviors. Too many companies wait years to train their new managers. Don’t be one of them.

Management 8

Management 360-Degree Feedback Short-term Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

And yet what we see when we administer 360-degree feedback surveys on behalf of these leaders is that the executives with really low scores in one or more areas are often completely unaware of their fatal flaws. Our data shows that someone who is perceived very poorly on any single, important leadership trait pays a high price.

360-Degree Feedback 13

360-Degree Feedback Self-aware Bottom-up Learning-by-Doing 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2017

And they receive little on-the-job training to develop skills such as how to allocate short- and long-term resources, how to provide developmental feedback, or how to effectively handle conflict – leadership skills needed to run a vibrant business. Building a Physician Leadership Pipeline.

Training 14

Training Health Care Management 360-Degree Feedback 14