360 Degree Feedback Mechanisms: How To Harness Their Power and Utility

Implementing a 360 degree feedback process in your organization will either be a destructive and devastating experience, or a developmental epiphany for those involved, depending entirely on how the process is structured and executed.  This session focuses on the seven reasons why 360’s fail, and provides best practice solutions for each.

Using real but anonymous examples, this session will provide:

• A fair representation of the pros and cons of 360’s
• A detailed description of both constructive and destructive uses
• An analysis of the causal factors for success and failure
   

Based on these case studies, best practice solutions are offered for each of the Seven Deadly Sins regarding the 360 process. Additional tips are included to help ensure:

• Receptivity to the process by those being assessed
• Mature and constructive participation by all respondents
• Accountability without punitive measures
• Clear and structured next steps