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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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We Like Leaders Who Underrate Themselves

Harvard Business Review

We delved into 360-degree feedback data describing 69,000 managers as seen through the eyes of 750,000 respondents at hundreds of firms. We measured the difference between how managers in our sample rated themselves and how they were rated by others. But is self-awareness always a good thing? We decided to find out.

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Younger and Older Executives Need Different Things from Coaching

Harvard Business Review

We divided the sample into age decades: 18% were age 30–39; 61% were 40–49; and 21% were 50–59. Second, the younger executives in our sample tended to miss subtlety and nuance in human behavior. The average coaching engagement lasted six to 12 months. The gender breakdown was 54% male and 46% female.

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0512 | Aubrey Daniels: Full Transcript

LDRLB

The problem is many time, that managers – even down to the front-line supervisors – they have and inadequate sample of behavior. They sample behavior from time to time and if somebody sees you coming, they jump up and start working and you see the behavior and you think, “Well, that’s representative of what they do.”.

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How to Participate in Your Employee’s Coaching

Harvard Business Review

Coaching is most effective when the participant and the coach have multiple sources of information, which might include past reviews, personality assessment reports, or online or interview-based 360 degree feedback.

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How to Participate in Your Employee’s Coaching

Harvard Business Review

Coaching is most effective when the participant and the coach have multiple sources of information, which might include past reviews, personality assessment reports, or online or interview-based 360 degree feedback.

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Why The Best Hospitals Are Managed by Doctors

Harvard Business Review

In a recent study that matched random samples of U.S. Core to the curriculum is emotional intelligence (with 360-degree feedback and executive coaching), teambuilding, conflict resolution, and situational leadership. The course culminates in a team-based innovation project presented to hospital leadership.