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. Another essential aspect to consider when measuring the impact of executive coaching is the alignment with strategic goals.

Executive Coaching 235

Executive Coaching Execution Self-aware Emotional Intelligence 235

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Through various tools such as 360-degree feedback, personality assessments, and in-depth interviews, a clear picture of the executive’s leadership capabilities is formed. Once the assessment phase is complete, the next step in the process is to translate the insights gained into actionable strategies and goals.

Execution 380

Execution Self-aware Emotional Intelligence Leadership 380

Next Level Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Several months ago, I was in a coaching conversation with a “go to person" leader about the results of her 360 degree feedback from colleagues. Her highest rated behaviors were a strong mix of items. Please click the headline to read the whole story.

360-Degree Feedback 180

360-Degree Feedback Productivity Products Execution 180

Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2018

We’re excited to share our leadership experts’ favorite posts from 2018 on the topics of communication, creativity/inspiration, development, engagement, productivity, and more. Dan shares: “ Listening is one of the most consistently lowest rated behaviors in 360 degree feedback assessments for managers.

Leadership Development 276

Leadership Development Development Review Leadership 276

Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Without a doubt, the peer rating is by far the most consistent shocker for folks taking a 360 degree feedback assessment. Keep it productive, rewarding, and even fun with this one-stop success kit. Demonstrate confidence and humility. Energize teams to sustain excellent performance. •

360-Degree Feedback 180

360-Degree Feedback Hypercompetition Objective Workshop 180

CO2

MARCH 11, 2013

I learn even when I look at the product of others. Get a 360-degree feedback assessment and work with a professional coach on the debrief. It can involve the technical aspects of your camera (aperture, shutter, ISO, focal length, etc.), Read a book on emotional intelligence (I recommend Emotional Intelligence 2.0 ).

360-Degree Feedback 88

360-Degree Feedback Emotional Intelligence Leadership Executive Coaching 88

Marshall Goldsmith

MAY 5, 2014

There are a lot of productive things that you could be doing in 10 to 20 hours per month. If the managers are so bad, why should anyone believe that the products are so good? Why should people spend their hard-earned money on your company’s products? When you boss bash: You waste time. You hurt your company.

360-Degree Feedback 122

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

Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Jill shares, “Getting 360 degree feedback anonymously can be overwhelming and cause anxiety. John summarizes, “The basic idea of idealized design is to create a new design for a product, service or the organization based on what is feasible today (but without being limited by the constraints of the existing state).

Leadership Development 331

Leadership Development Development Leadership 360-Degree Feedback 331

Experience to Lead

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Here are some different types of leadership feedback: Formal Performance Reviews: These are regularly scheduled feedback sessions (often annually or semi-annually) where leaders receive feedback about their performance from superiors. The idea is to get a holistic view of a leader’s performance.

Examples 52

Examples Team Succession 360-Degree Feedback 52

HR Digest

AUGUST 13, 2023

Foster a Comfortable and Supportive Work Environment Creating a physical and virtual work environment that promotes comfort, focus, and well-being is essential for employee satisfaction and productivity. Establishing guidelines for respectful and constructive communication to ensure that discussions remain productive and inclusive.

Environment 52

Environment Positioning Strategy Diversity 52

Next Level Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Leave it behind – In a 360 degree feedback survey I conducted for an executive client a few years ago, his direct reports left a lot of comments about how they felt unimportant because he was always distracted by something on his smartphone.

360-Degree Feedback 100

360-Degree Feedback How To Tactics Learning-by-Doing 100

Experience to Lead

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

You might assess current leadership capabilities through competency-based assessments and encouraging 360-degree feedback. Putting organization-wide performance measures in place, such as retention, productivity and customer satisfaction, is also a must.

Strategy 52

Strategy Development Leadership 360-Degree Feedback 52

Lead Change Blog

JULY 7, 2015

Have you been given feedback that you need to improve your decision making? Managers often get poor grades from 360 degree feedback assessments in the areas of quality and timeliness of decisions.” You become more productive and promotable, and you gain confidence, and over time, hopefully a larger paycheck.”

Leadership Development 150

Leadership Development Development Innovation 360-Degree Feedback 150

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. Product development involves numerous cycles of improvement, because building the product teaches you how to make it better.

360-Degree Feedback 78

360-Degree Feedback Software Engineering Technology 78

Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Jill shares, “Getting 360 degree feedback anonymously can be overwhelming and cause anxiety. John summarizes, “The basic idea of idealized design is to create a new design for a product, service or the organization based on what is feasible today (but without being limited by the constraints of the existing state).

Leadership Development 201

Leadership Development Development Leadership 360-Degree Feedback 201

Marshall Goldsmith

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

This perception has been validated in reviewing the 360 degree feedback scores for executives in 30 major corporations. This process has also been shown to produce positive results in the summary 360 degree feedback reports from executive teams.

Process 160

Process 360-Degree Feedback Report Execution 160

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

They usually suggest that leaders should have high integrity, focus on customer service, deliver quality products, develop great people and encourage innovation. Leaders in the company received 360-degree feedback to help them understand how their actual behavior was seen as matching this desired profile.

360-Degree Feedback 166

360-Degree Feedback Follow-up Ethics Learning-by-Doing 166

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

They’re internal actions that build trust, earn respect, and create a team of inspired people – inspired to be productive and do their best… Great leaders are value providers, not order givers. The one characteristic that gets more productivity and generates more achievement and positive outcome is clear communication.

360-Degree Feedback 75

360-Degree Feedback Leadership Open-book Customer Loyalty 75

Your Voice of Encouragement

JUNE 3, 2011

In his 360-degree feedback report, everyone agreed he was a great guy to be around, brimming with good cheer and optimism, but that he couldn’t be counted on to properly plan and deliver complex projects.

360-Degree Feedback 67

360-Degree Feedback Core Competence Analysis Open-book 67

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Ratings made by critics, judges, and evaluators determine a range of outcomes, from the seemingly trivial (which wine you pick for dinner or which products you buy from Amazon) to the more consequential (which athletes win Olympic gold or which students get into top universities). Ratings play an enormous role in our lives.

Productivity 10

Productivity Products 360-Degree Feedback Review 10

Marshall Goldsmith

OCTOBER 16, 2012

They usually suggest that leaders should have integrity, focus on customer service, deliver quality products, develop great people and encourage innovation. Leaders in the company received 360-degree feedback to help them understand how their actual behavior was seen as matching this desired profile.

360-Degree Feedback 96

360-Degree Feedback Follow-up Ethics Training 96

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

We've all watched countless late-night infomercials regarding a new product or self-help program. We assume we're not alone in our skepticism about how life transforming this new product really was. Maybe that's why our blood comes to a slow boil when we see a popular columnist arguing that 360-degree feedback programs fail.

360-Degree Feedback 15

360-Degree Feedback Review Participative Survey 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2012

A contract manufacturing company that builds products for IT equipment makers, for example, had a dedicated team of speculative market analysts whose active trend monitoring led to a 15 percent return on investment. For example, use regression analyses of performance and 360-degree feedback data to determine training priorities.

CEO 15

CEO 360-Degree Feedback Contract Manufacturing Supply Chain 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2013

Taking items from our 360-degree feedback instrument such as "Do you stay in touch with issues and concerns of individuals in the work group?" Here''s how we came to this conclusion. and "How well do you balance getting results with a concern for others'' needs?"

360-Degree Feedback 11

360-Degree Feedback Succession COO Middle Management 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2014

As meta-analytics studies show, when subordinates trust their supervisors they are happier and more productive at work, so everyone wins. And yet since prevention is clearly the best solution, hiring managers will have to rely on other means: peer evaluations, 360-degree feedbacks, and careful reference checks.

Management 14

Management 360-Degree Feedback Ethics Morale 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2015

We asked them to assess, based on their impressions of employee output, the relative productivity of dissatisfied, satisfied, engaged, and inspired employees. The results point to the productive power of an engaged and inspired workforce. In fact, all of us possess some of the qualities of inspiring leaders.

360-Degree Feedback 8

360-Degree Feedback Maslow Mission Statement Bureaucracy 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

One of our coaching clients, a VP at a consumer products company, was abruptly silenced when she tried to make a point at a recent executive committee meeting. Sales at the organization had plummeted, and the group was discussing the efficacy of its newest product. He shut her down and redirected the conversation back to the product.

360-Degree Feedback 8

360-Degree Feedback Committee Consensus Execution 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2012

My knowledge of corporate leaders' 360-degree feedback indicates that one out of four of them has a listening deficit—the effects of which can paralyze cross-unit collaboration, sink careers, and if it's the CEO with the deficit, derail the company. He wasn't alone in that regard. Prime the Pump.

360-Degree Feedback 18

360-Degree Feedback Welch Active Listening CEO 18

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2016

As leaders, do physicians create a more sympathetic and productive work environment for other clinicians, because they are “one of them”? Core to the curriculum is emotional intelligence (with 360-degree feedback and executive coaching), teambuilding, conflict resolution, and situational leadership.

Management 15

Management 360-Degree Feedback Mayo Training 15

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. In the 360-degree feedback instrument we use, subordinates are asked five questions that describe their own level of engagement.

360-Degree Feedback 8

360-Degree Feedback Leadership Report Cooper 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2014

He then spent a year in product development and after that, served on the shop floor as an operations leader. Each step of the way, he was given feedback and his next assignment was based on his biggest skill gap. Development results from assignments, continuous 360-degree feedback, and close assignment coaching.

Training 8

Training 360-Degree Feedback Participative Human Resources 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2013

As far back as 1967, in his classic book, The Effective Executive, management guru Peter Drucker wrote: "The effective executive makes strengths productive. To make strength productive is the unique purpose of the organization. These strengths are the true opportunities.

360-Degree Feedback 8

360-Degree Feedback Drucker Tactics Leadership Development 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

The 360-degree feedback instrument we use collects data on 49 leadership behaviors. They are able to inspire others to high levels of effort and production to an even greater degree than their more experienced counterparts. The ability to leverage these strengths presents a big opportunity for higher productivity.

Management 8

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

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

In most organizations, professionals who want to move up get lots of feedback. Many companies provide you with so-called 360-degree feedback based on anonymous surveys from your boss, peers, and direct reports. Did you hit your numbers? Make your budget? How did you perform in managing a major project?

Career 9

Career 360-Degree Feedback Mentor Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2015

What can you do to turn these folks around and make work a healthier, happier, more productive place to be? They ruin work teams and destroy productivity, not to mention morale. Whose job is it, anyway, to fix these people? If you are now truly coaching him, you’re trusted and he’ll listen to you.

Emotional Intelligence 8

Emotional Intelligence Development 360-Degree Feedback How To 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2015

The process is transparent and yields what some at Cisco call “brutally honest” feedback. Decisions need to be made quickly and efficiently, and leaders from one product area need to effectively interact with those from others. Cisco consists of numerous project teams across the company.

360-Degree Feedback 8

360-Degree Feedback CEO Leadership Pipeline Execution 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2013

Although fewer than 15% organizations evaluate the effectiveness of their coaching initiatives, there is strong evidence that using reliable and valid assessment methods, such as personality tests or 360-degree feedback , produces the best outcomes. 4) Some techniques (and coaches) are more competent than others.

Emotional Intelligence 12

Emotional Intelligence 360-Degree Feedback Stress Self-aware 12