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Guest Post: Confidence in management

Lead on Purpose

”To see yourself as others see you” – that’s the general premise of the 360-degree feedback process. A 360-degree feedback evaluation uses information from peers, subordinates and supervisors to put together an overall assessment. By Dominic Wake.

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How to Participate in Your Employee’s Coaching

Harvard Business Review

If you are a manager with a direct report who is working with an external coach, there are several things you can do at the beginning of a coaching engagement to help make it successful: Set broad objectives and frame them positively. At the outset, the more specific you can be about how you define success for the participant, the better.

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How to Participate in Your Employee’s Coaching

Harvard Business Review

If you are a manager with a direct report who is working with an external coach, there are several things you can do at the beginning of a coaching engagement to help make it successful: Set broad objectives and frame them positively. At the outset, the more specific you can be about how you define success for the participant, the better.

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How GE Trains More Experienced Employees

Harvard Business Review

Such sponsorship ensures visibility and credibility of those in the program and positions them well with assignment leaders. Development results from assignments, continuous 360-degree feedback, and close assignment coaching. Human resources Leadership development Talent management'

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What Separates Great HR Leaders from the Rest

Harvard Business Review

Over the last five years, Zenger Folkman has collected 360-degree feedback data on 2,187 HR leaders. Second, we rank-ordered 49 leadership behaviors for all those in HR from the most negative to the most positive behaviors. Building positive relationships. Strengths of HR Leaders. Developing and coaching others.

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How to Get Feedback When You're the Boss

Harvard Business Review

She shares the example of Vineet Nayar, the CEO of HCL Technologies, who posted his own 360-degree feedback on the company intranet and encouraged his senior team to do the same. He also says he encourages feedback by giving it. Case Study #2: Make feedback fun. She always wanted feedback.

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How to Document a Performance Review

Harvard Business Review

The more informa­tion you can provide, the more likely the employee will be to repeat and even improve on positive be­haviors—or correct less positive ones. When giving positive feedback, on the other hand, combine specific achievements with character-based praise.