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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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How to Help Managers Succeed and Leap Towards Growth

HR Digest

Utilizing 360-degree feedback programs can help you assess the entire workforce from different angles and understand their current functioning more easily. A Zenger Folkman study found that a manager’s personality and self-confidence levels become strong predictors of their willingness to provide corrective feedback.

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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!

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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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My Son, The Genius

Building Personal Strength

I was impressed with his skill, creativity, work ethic and commitment to quality. His first project was to write the program for 20/20 Insight , a breakthrough 360-degree feedback system. The process of design, specification, coding, testing and debugging went smoothly. And the rest is history.

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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.