N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

By leveraging various assessment tools, including psychometric tests, behavioral assessments, and 360-degree feedback, we can gain insights into the leader’s strengths and areas for improvement. In addition to setting clear goals, it is essential to establish a system for tracking progress and measuring performance.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

With chatbots designed in-house, companies can make data available to new employees instantly, making it much simpler to explore and understand the organization and its practices. Gamification is a fast-growing concept and employing it in the HR routines is also something for companies to look into.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2012

We have found that the more that feedback is shared in organizations, the more easily it is digested and acted upon. Attitudes about feedback in companies that have been doing 360-degree feedback for 25 years are extremely different from those doing it for the first time.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 27, 2017

One of the most effective ways of doing this is having the leader go through a 360-degree feedback process, where the people they are leading rate the leader’s style and performance. The raters often include the leader him or herself and the leader’s boss(es), peers, and direct reports— hence a “360-degree” view.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 20, 2016

I run into them in every company I work with. He’s also doing the 360 degree feedback tool twice, once at the beginning and once at the end of the program. Solid managers with real contributions. They work hard, they’re incredibly loyal, and they’ve been on the succession planning list forever.

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thoughtLEADERS, LLC

JANUARY 13, 2020

Ahmed, the Vice President for Manufacturing in a large pharmaceutical company could hardly sit still as frustration boiled over. Ahmed had just received his latest 360-degree feedback report. I had recently started working with Ahmed as his executive coach and this was our first full coaching session.

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Next Level Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

That happened a few months ago when I was talking with a top executive of a Fortune 500 company to get his feedback on a colleague who was one of my executive coaching clients. During that period, my company has run over a thousand 360 degree leadership assessments based on the success behaviors I highlight in my book, The Next Level.

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Mike Cardus

MAY 24, 2011

This authoritarian style of management is holding the company from creating a path of continual improvement and readiness for challenges. Within these coaching times focused development, feedback and field work assignments were discussed and explored to develop the defined objectives. Building Capacity for Effectiveness.

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Next Level Blog

MARCH 27, 2019

360 degree feedback (but only if you have a robust plan in place for participants to follow up with their colleagues in a meaningful way!). Individual development plans based on 360 or some other type of assessment. Briefings to create an environment of understanding and support from participants’ managers.

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Marshall Goldsmith

AUGUST 4, 2013

I just reviewed my 360-degree feedback. Hewitt and Chief Executive magazine put General Mills on their latest list of the top-20 companies for leaders, among such familiar names as IBM and General Electric. Michael Dell, whose company made the Hewitt list, is a perfect example.

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Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Leaders often fear confronting people about poor teamwork, but people highly value honest feedback. Use 360-degree feedback to align corporate values and individual behavior. Such feedback allows you to practice consultative coaching. The person has been written off by the company.

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Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 10, 2012

“Fining” people for making destructive comments (and giving the money to charity) will help your company and people in need. 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

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Jill shares, “Getting 360 degree feedback anonymously can be overwhelming and cause anxiety. What’s more appropriately called executive managerial leadership (as opposed to the overused, feel good term “leadership”), those at the helm of companies or government agencies have huge responsibilities.”

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Marshall Goldsmith

APRIL 11, 2016

I just reviewed my 360-degree feedback. Michael Dell, one of the most successful leaders in business history, for instance, has done an amazing job of sincerely discussing his personal challenges with leaders across the company. I have been working on becoming a better coach for the past year or so.

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Experience to Lead

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In the dynamic world of business, leadership feedback stands as a cornerstone for team excellence and organizational growth. Constructive critiques and affirmative recognition pave the way for heightened team morale and a company culture of continuous improvement. The idea is to get a holistic view of a leader’s performance.

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Next Level Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2010

She’s a long term high performer with her company and the mother of two high school students. It was easy to see from Nancy’s 360 report how well thought of she is by her colleagues and our conversation made it clear why she is. One of the calls was with a leader who I’ll call Nancy. The yearly review keeps us fresh and focused.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 26, 2013

My 360 degree feedback had several surprises. The picture is bigger at the top and the focus shifts from what is good for a team or department to what is beneficial for the company. I want to go to the next level. Why am I not being promoted? Work has taken over my life. How do I make my family a priority?

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Marshall Goldsmith

OCTOBER 20, 2014

As we reviewed his 360-degree feedback report, he snorted, “What do you want me to do, go around praising people who don’t deserve it? He accepted the fact that the more he focused on his employees, the more they worked to benefit the company, and that benefited him. I don’t want to look like a phony!”. “Is

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Marshall Goldsmith

APRIL 21, 2014

Reviews of summary 360-degree feedback involving thousands of leaders from more than 50 organizations have shown that when the item “Asks people what he or she can do to improve” is included in the company’s leadership inventory, it almost always falls near the bottom (if not in last place) in terms of employee satisfaction. .

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 15, 2012

My 360 degree feedback had several surprises. The picture is bigger at the top and the focus shifts from what is good for a team or department to what is beneficial for the company. I want to go to the next level. Why am I not being promoted? Work has taken over my life. How do I make my family a priority?

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Experience to Lead

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Whether it be a global pandemic, a company restructuring or a merger, a leadership strategy is crucial if you want to manage shifts and times of uncertainty. Your company values may be entirely different. Finally, your values reflect what your company believes in. Your mission defines what your organization is doing today.

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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? Ask yourself four simple questions: Will this comment help my company? Your stories may get repeated to others.

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Building Personal Strength

AUGUST 17, 2011

So he left Texas Tech to join my company, Performance Support Systems. His first project was to write the program for 20/20 Insight , a breakthrough 360-degree feedback system. working for a company in Birmingham, Alabama. And he was unimpressed with some of his instructors. And the rest is history. But we are.

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Marshall Goldsmith

APRIL 8, 2017

First, he solicits “360 degree feedback” — he asks their colleagues and sometimes their families, too, for comprehensive assessments of their strengths and defects — and he confronts them with what everybody really thinks. That means that there were over a thousand people in that company and this person came in dead last.

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Marshall Goldsmith

MAY 17, 2011

I just reviewed my 360- degree feedback. This has also been confirmed by research led by Marc Effron at Hewitt Associates, who put General Mills on his latest list of the top-20 companies for leaders. However, Michael sincerely discusses his personal challenges with leaders across the company.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Jill shares, “Getting 360 degree feedback anonymously can be overwhelming and cause anxiety. What’s more appropriately called executive managerial leadership (as opposed to the overused, feel good term “leadership”), those at the helm of companies or government agencies have huge responsibilities.”

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 22, 2012

My 360 degree feedback had several surprises. The picture is bigger at the top and the focus shifts from what is good for a team or department to what is beneficial for the company. I want to go to the next level. Why am I not being promoted? Work has taken over my life. How do I make my family a priority?

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Marshall Goldsmith

MAY 10, 2013

As we reviewed his 360-degree feedback report, he snorted, “What do you want me to do, go around praising people who don’t deserve it? He realized that he was not only hurting his employees’ and company’s chances for success – he was hurting his own chance for success!

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Mike Cardus

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

The specific intervention included: 360 degree Feedback. People join companies, and leave managers… Be the reason people stay with your company; Click to be that person. Building Anthony’s confidence in sharing ideas and perspectives during the management meetings. michael cardus is create-learning.

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Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 31, 2012

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. But of course, just as at most companies, 30% of the people at this company ended up doing nothing.

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Marshall Goldsmith

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

As I was reviewing a 360-degree feedback report with one of my clients, his first words were, "But, Marshall." The positive change in this executive, who was then the COO and is now the CEO of the company, was amazing. A few years ago, I was teaching a class at the headquarters of a major telecom company.

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Marshall Goldsmith

MARCH 25, 2013

As we reviewed his 360-degree feedback report, he snorted, “What do you want me to do, go around praising people who don’t deserve it? He realized that he was not only hurting his employees’ and company’s chances for success – he was hurting his own chance for success!

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Reviews of summary 360-degree feedback involving thousands of leaders from more than 50 organizations have shown that when the item “Asks people what he or she can do to improve” is included in the company’s leadership inventory, it almost always falls near the bottom (if not in last place) in terms of employee satisfaction. .

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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.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

” Companies have invested millions of dollars in developing profiles that describe the behavior of their desired leader of the future. Leaders who are not working for a company that describes desired leadership behavior can still read books on the topic. We all know what it takes to get in shape, we just don’t do it.

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Building Personal Strength

AUGUST 15, 2010

I first learned about 360-degree feedback in 1987. It was a new technology at the time, used primarily to give bosses what was called "upward" feedback about their leadership and management. First, my son agreed to take over as software engineer, and he has been with my company ever since—over twenty years.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

MARCH 4, 2013

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. Miki Saxon of MAPping Company Success explains that stress itself might not be bad, but rather the problem is how you handle it.

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