The Practical Leader

MAY 15, 2024

Waayyy back in the early days of my career, I was a young door-to-door sales rep and then sales manager with Culligan Water Conditioning. I took Dale Carnegie sales, public speaking, and management training courses and got turned on to personal and leadership development. ” 2. ” 5.

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Training Development 360-Degree Feedback Human Resources 52

The Practical Leader

MAY 4, 2021

.” Like a cluster of GPS satellites triangulating our location, effective 360-degree feedback pulls together data from direct reports, managers, peers, and others to pinpoint a leader’s effectiveness. Ignorance may be bliss, but it’s deadly to leadership effectiveness.

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Next Level Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

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. In reading all of those 360 degree feedback reports, I’ve never come across a comment from a direct report that says, “My boss is giving us too much work.”

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Team 360-Degree Feedback Short-term How To 175

Experience to Lead

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In the dynamic world of business, leadership feedback stands as a cornerstone for team excellence and organizational growth. For leaders aiming to propel their teams to unparalleled success, the art of delivering impactful feedback is crucial. What is Leadership Feedback?

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Examples Team Succession 360-Degree Feedback 52

Mike Cardus

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Welcome to the Other Side: Recent Promotion to Management. 6 months later, after several of his staff had approached the VP of Finance with their concerns, I was brought in to help Anthony meet these challenges: Anthony was showing favoritism to his friends , with whom he used to work and now was managing. Intervention.

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Case Study 360-Degree Feedback Management Succession 114

Mike Cardus

MAY 24, 2011

Below is an actual Executive Coaching and Managerial Leadership Training + Development process I facilitated. Situation: Currently there is an authoritarian style of management creating a decrease in morale, satisfaction with work and innovation amongst employees. The methods and processes worked! Resolution.

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Case Study 360-Degree Feedback Execution TRIZ 116

Lead Change Blog

JULY 7, 2015

Welcome to the July 2015 Leadership Development Carnival! This month brings a treat of 22 leadership posts to savor and share. Topics range from moral character to leadership lessons from World War II to stepping out of comfort zones. A major news anchor is suspended for “enhancing” his reporting experiences.

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Leadership Development Development Innovation 360-Degree Feedback 150

Marshall Goldsmith

JULY 28, 2014

If there is one thing I know, it’s how to respond to feedback. A pioneer in the use of customized, 360 degree feedback (confidential feedback from direct reports, peers and managers) as a leadership development tool, I’ve spent the last 30 years using feedback to help people change for the better.

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Sports 360-Degree Feedback Leadership Executive Coaching 116

Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Employees rate their manager’s ability to “effectively deal with people who undermine teamwork” dead last among 92 elements of effective leadership. Leaders often fear confronting people about poor teamwork, but people highly value honest feedback. Identify desired attributes for the manager you are coaching.

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360-Degree Feedback Teamwork Bond Survey 135

Next Level Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2010

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. Using our online reporting system, we started reviewing her data by looking at the items that were rated highest by her colleagues. One of the calls was with a leader who I’ll call Nancy.

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360-Degree Feedback Executive Coaching Blog Letter 179

Marshall Goldsmith

AUGUST 4, 2013

Great leaders encourage leadership development by openly developing themselves. 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. I just reviewed my 360-degree feedback.

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Development 360-Degree Feedback CEO Open-book 180

Marshall Goldsmith

APRIL 11, 2016

A few years ago, former General Mills CEO Steve Sanger told nearly 100 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. I just reviewed my 360-degree feedback. Worse yet, this behavior can be copied at every level of management.

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360-Degree Feedback CEO Video Public Relations 70

Marshall Goldsmith

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

This process has produced measurable change in effectiveness (as evaluated by direct reports) with four CEOs that I have personally coached. In my work with senior leaders, I have found that one of the most common complaints of direct reports is that their executives do a poor job of providing coaching. by Marshall Goldsmith.

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Process 360-Degree Feedback Report Execution 160

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

MAY 5, 2014

If you are so brilliant that you can consistently judge your boss, and your boss is so stupid that he merits endless hours of critique, why do you report to the idiot? If the managers are so bad, why should anyone believe that the products are so good? Coaching Employee Engagement Leadership' You hurt your company.

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

Marshall Goldsmith

MAY 17, 2011

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. I just reviewed my 360- degree feedback. Hewitt finds that these organizations tend to more actively manage their talent.

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Development 360-Degree Feedback CEO Reputation 125

Eric Jacobson

MARCH 26, 2013

More business leaders today are turning to executive coaches to help them become: more personally fulfilled with their contributions more effective with direct reports, peers and other executives better able to coach their team members more flexible in challenging situations Susan C. My 360 degree feedback had several surprises.

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Executive Coaching 360-Degree Feedback Execution Learning Curve 88

Eric Jacobson

JULY 15, 2012

More business leaders today are turning to executive coaches to help them become: more personally fulfilled with their contributions more effective with direct reports, peers and other executives better able to coach their team members more flexible in challenging situations Susan C. My 360 degree feedback had several surprises.

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Executive Coaching Execution 360-Degree Feedback Learning Curve 92

Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 22, 2012

More business leaders today are turning to executive coaches to help them become: more personally fulfilled with their contributions more effective with direct reports, peers and other executives better able to coach their team members more flexible in challenging situations Susan C. My 360 degree feedback had several surprises.

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Executive Coaching 360-Degree Feedback Execution Learning Curve 78

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. FeedForward can cover almost all of the same material feedback can. Your manager is in the room. They don't have to know you. Life is good.

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360-Degree Feedback Participative Committee Efficiency 127

The Practical Leader

APRIL 9, 2012

This is an extraordinary book on leadership from the experts in extraordinary leadership. That book was based on their extensive database of more than 200,000 multi-rater or 360-degree feedback reports describing 20,000 managers. Today’s search shows over 50,000! Role Model ; 2.

Motivation 53

Motivation 360-Degree Feedback Emotional Intelligence Review 53

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. FeedForward can cover almost all of the same material feedback can. Your manager is in the room. They don't have to know you. Life is good.

360-Degree Feedback 114

360-Degree Feedback Participative Committee Efficiency 114

Marshall Goldsmith

MAY 3, 2011

Mike's score for treating colleagues with respect was dismal; in fact, out of 1,000 managers rated, he was dead last! His profit contribution was so vast that the CEO promoted him into management. I just reviewed my 360-degree feedback. These organizations tend to actively manage their talent.

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

The Practical Leader

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Last week I was facilitating a two-day development retreat with a management team in Western Canada. We were discussing Zenger Folkman’s powerful research on the statistical correlations and interactions of leadership behaviors. We’re talking about moving only two of 16 leadership competencies from good to great.

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Power 360-Degree Feedback Workshop Training 49

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. FeedForward can cover almost all of the same material feedback can. Your manager is in the room. They don’t have to know you. Lyons, eds.

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360-Degree Feedback Participative Committee Positioning 89

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Doctors were once viewed as ill-prepared for leadership roles because their selection and training led them to become “heroic lone healers.” The emphasis on patient-centered care and efficiency in the delivery of clinical outcomes means that physicians are now being prepared for leadership. ” But this is changing.

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Management 360-Degree Feedback Mayo Training 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

But there is one thing we've personally seen that profoundly and consistently changes lives — what's generally referred to as the 360-degree feedback process. Maybe that's why our blood comes to a slow boil when we see a popular columnist arguing that 360-degree feedback programs fail.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 14, 2012

Take, for example, a team that reports that, as a group and as an organization, they are low in trust, not customer-focused and bureaucratic. Typically, insight into what to change can be created by concrete 360-degree feedback techniques, either via surveys, conversations or both. and calendar analyses (e.g., "You

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360-Degree Feedback How To Agility Survey 16

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2016

We already know that good leadership creates engaged employees and that leaders influence a variety of outcomes such as personnel turnover, customer satisfaction, sales, revenue, productivity, and so on. To answer this question, we examined 360-degree assessments of high-level managers and of their direct reports who were mid-level managers.

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360-Degree Feedback Leadership Report Cooper 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

As new managers fill vacancies created by retiring Boomers, how do their skills compare with the seasoned older managers they replace? Naturally, our assumption was that veteran managers would be more effective on almost every front. To be elevated into management at an early age is not common. Becoming a Manager.

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

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

In an effort to give equal time to the other side of the story, and to clarify some misconceptions, let me share with you the reasons why not getting 360-degree feedback may actually be fatal. Leadership effectiveness is in the eye of those who are led. That's certainly not objective data.

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360-Degree Feedback Objective Survey Skills 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Once upon a time, executive coaching was viewed as a remedial intervention for executives and managers who needed to be “fixed” in some way. Managers were not expected to be particularly involved in the coachee’s exploration or journey. Coaching was even sometimes viewed as “outsourcing” the management of a difficult employee.

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Participative 360-Degree Feedback Executive Coaching How To 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2015

It’s understandable that most CEOs try to manage their boards. At most companies, despite all the best intentions, managing the board usually means keeping directors at arm’s length. In practical terms, that means not trying to stage-manage board interactions. I got rid of that barrier.

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CEO 360-Degree Feedback Management Charisma 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Once upon a time, executive coaching was viewed as a remedial intervention for executives and managers who needed to be “fixed” in some way. Managers were not expected to be particularly involved in the coachee’s exploration or journey. Coaching was even sometimes viewed as “outsourcing” the management of a difficult employee.

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Participative 360-Degree Feedback Executive Coaching How To 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2014

In the process of coaching hundreds of top female executives over the past decade, we’ve routinely interviewed hiring managers and pored-over 360-degree feedback reports in search of trends and commonalities. This is the range of comments we see everyday from women in 360-degree feedback conversations.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2015

After receiving some 360-degree feedback, we met to discuss the data. He’d received low scores on providing clear goals and direction, indicating a chaotic management style. His problem was a familiar one, too: a great salesman – even one with charisma — doesn’t necessarily make a great leader.

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360-Degree Feedback Charisma Construction Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

We know from research (and common sense) that people who understand and manage their own and others’ emotions make better leaders. They manage conflict with less fallout and build stronger teams. But far too many managers lack basic self-awareness and social skills. Use a self-report test.

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