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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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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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Dogged by a Daydream

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. Their answers had nothing to do with intelligence.

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Strategies to Create a Positive Working Environment

HR Digest

Encouraging transparency, trust, and ethical behavior at all levels of the organization to foster a culture of integrity and accountability. Encouraging employees to pursue certifications, advanced degrees, or specialized training relevant to their roles.

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Fallacy of ‘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. Throughout my career, I have had the opportunity to interview hundreds of leaders in the did-nothing category. Their answers never have anything to do with ethics or integrity.

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Self-Assessment

Marshall Goldsmith

This should have been the apex of Mike's young career. I just reviewed my 360-degree feedback. He communicated clear expectations for ethics, values, and behavior. But Mike put up astounding numbers with his trades. His profit contribution was so vast that the CEO promoted him into management.

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Managing the Immoral Employee

Harvard Business Review

Hence much of the management world operates under the illusion that employees are generally ethical, and that bad apples are not only an exception but also easy to detect. Even less ethical individuals will be more likely to act morally if they are engaged at work. Pair them with ethical peers. Lead by example.