360 Feedback News
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
The 360 feedback process involves collecting perceptions about a person’s behavior from those around them. The feedback comes from people who interact routinely with the individual receiving feedback such as the person’s manager, peers, and direct reports. The variety of perspectives provides an opportunity for insight and helps to identify the individual’s strengths and weaknesses. [...]
Thursday, October 13, 2011
For some, the very mention of feedback makes their heart sink. Maybe they had a bad experience with receiving feedback, or they just view feedback as another word for criticism. In a way, their resistance to feedback is similar to that of a child refusing to eat their vegetables. If you’re a parent, or [...]
Monday, August 1, 2011
We live in a world of customization. From finding the best features and apps for our cell phones to selecting the toppings on our ice cream, we continually find ways to customize items to fit our individual needs. It’s no different for the practice of leadership development, and according to recent research more companies are [...]
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. — Dwight Eisenhower All managers and leaders could learn something from those words about the art of delegation. However, it appears many don’t because some seem to think if they don’t do the work themselves, [...]
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Lately, we have noticed debates on various blogs and forums centered on the question, “Should 360 feedback be used for development purposes or for performance appraisals?” While the topic is not new in nature, it still is an interesting debate and we would like to put our two cents in the mix. The [...]
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
One of my favorite shows on TV is Top Chef on Bravo. Each week, chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges in extremely high-pressure situations. Some chefs yell, flame out, and make rookie mistakes, and others maintain their cool and cook some fantastic meals full of creativity and inspiration. Competing to win tons [...]
Friday, December 17, 2010
The holiday season is upon us, and the exchanging of gifts is one of the core aspects of the holiday. Gifts can be fun and all, but sometimes they are just plain bad and unnecessary. You could probably do without receiving a sweater with a picture of a poodle on it, or a giant hand [...]
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Here at TBC we like to keep abreast of industry news, so we read from a lot of different sources: blogs, websites, white papers, scholarly articles, research, etc. We know that not everyone likes to read scholarly research, so decided to make it easy for you by summarizing some important industry articles and putting them [...]
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
So you’ve decided to conduct a 360 survey within your business. But how do you choose which service to utilize? There are many different companies claiming to offer 360 feedback surveys and leadership coaching, but not all of them provide an important facet of the 360 evaluation process: validation. But what exactly is survey [...]
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
The Washington Post Leadership site recently posed a question: When he died [earlier this summer], Robert Byrd, who was a frail 92, had represented West Virginia in the Senate for more than 50 years. Is it generally a good idea for top leaders in any sector to serve that long, or that late in [...]
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