When it comes to leadership development, few tools are as powerful as 360-degree feedback. It offers a rich, multi-perspective view of how you’re perceived by colleagues, direct reports, and managers. It can be eye-opening, motivating, and – let’s be honest – a little daunting. In theory, most leaders agree it would be valuable. In practice,
Looking to find out how to use 360-degree feedback for effective leader development? One of the key ingredients to the success of any 360 feedback programme is to employ the services and support of a highly experienced coach. A coach who can help your leaders to understand the feedback they receive – and follow through on
Want effective and actionable 360 Degree Feedback results? Selecting the right tool is the first step in making sure your leaders get the information they need. But it isn’t enough. You also need to communicate well. Here I look into how to manage the information from 360-degree feedback in the most effective way. Communication is keyÂ
Last week I promised I would share my favourite 360-degree feedback tool with you, so here goes. But before I do let me declare an interest. I am licensed to use this tool so it’s in my interest to encourage others to use it. However, let me also be clear that I wouldn’t have become
I’m often asked which 360 Degree Feedback tool works best. And if companies should I develop one specifically for their organisation or if there a good one that they can just buy. One of the critical factors for success of a coaching programme using 360 degree feedback is to be strategic in your choice of feedback instrument.
The Fatal Flaw in Most 360 Degree Feedback Programmes Is there something wrong with the process of 360-degree feedback? In my last blog post, I guessed you would struggle to name more than one or two people who had changed their behaviour since receiving 360-degree feedback. One of the biggest problems identified in the DDI study
How many people do you know have received 360-degree feedback and then made a sustained change in their behaviour? I’d hazard a guess that you would struggle to name more than one or two. And that’s because organisations often pay a great deal of attention to implementing the process with inadequate attention being paid to how
In my recent blog posts I’ve mentioned a 360 development programme I’m delivering for a client. It’s prompted a fair amount of interest and questions so in this post I thought I’d answer a couple of those. In my experience, 360-degree feedback is one of the most effective tools for helping develop leaders as part of a
This week I’ve been continuing my review of 360 degree feedback with a leadership team as they start of their coaching programmes. What struck me was how valuable the feedback was in helping leaders recognise the challenges of working remotely and identifying ways of addressing those challenges. My client is a global organisation with a complex
Are we divided by a common language? I’ve been reviewing 360-degree feedback with senior leaders this week as a starting point to their coaching programmes. And it made me realise that, while behavioural frameworks are valuable tools, they’re not enough to set performance expectations.  And then this made me think about what can go wrong when
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