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360-Degree Feedback Programs To Help Your Company Grow

HR Digest

The 360 feedback system ensures that the individual becomes more self-aware while also providing companies with a base standard that can be compared with the next time the feedback process is conducted. Peers are also most sensitive to the performance appraisal aspect that could hurt their colleagues’ salary prospects.

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Research: We Drop People Who Give Us Critical Feedback

Harvard Business Review

In fact, there is no managerial review processes. Every year, each employee completes a self-evaluation and reviews each of his or her identified colleagues from the past year. The online self-evaluation and peer-review questionnaires are identical (e.g., The result?

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Stop Using the Excuse “Organizational Change Is Hard”

Harvard Business Review

For example, when participants in one of the studies were presented with a season’s worth of statistics for a star athlete who had logged worse numbers than usual, the participants were quick to conclude that the player’s career had begun an irreversible downward spiral.

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Is Employee Engagement Just a Reflection of Personality?

Harvard Business Review

In a recent study , researchers found that 40% of managers identified emotional intelligence and self-awareness as the most important factors influencing whether an employee takes responsibility for their own engagement.

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Why Men Have More Help Getting to the C-Suite

Harvard Business Review

Other “getting ahead” male-oriented attributes consistent with sponsorship include: the focus on power and control; self-interest; unbridled assertiveness; lack of empathy; and self-promotion. Women: Be aware of the fact that there is an economic imperative underlying the sponsor relationship.

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How to Design a Corporate Wellness Plan That Actually Works

Harvard Business Review

The company has promoted a culture of health for more than 30 years, with countless peer-reviewed studies showing that employees’ health has improved and company costs have been contained. Now participation exceeds 50% since this change and has helped workers become more actively engaged in the company’s wellness program.