What is 360˚ Feedback?

What are the benefits of 360-degree feedback?

  • Creates self-awareness
    With 360-degree feedback, employees recognize their strengths and weaknesses and will be able to improve themselves.
  • Improves communications in the company
    Providing feedback throughout the company will improve communications between colleagues by receiving feedback and working on weaknesses.
  • Provides feedback from multiple sources
    360-degree feedback provides well-rounded feedback from people who work around an employee, such as managers, peers, direct reports, subordinates, and customers.
  • Encourages employee development
    As we said before, 360-degree feedback has focused on employee development and helps employees develop personal skills.
  • Develops teamwork
    In 360-degree feedback, team members know about each other’s performance, and it helps themwork as a team more efficiently.
  • Eliminates biased judgement
    Due to the more number of raters who provide feedback, the possibility of biased feedback decreases significantly.
  • Allows employees to know how other people in the organizations perceive them
    360-degree feedback gives employees an opportunity to express how they think about their colleagues anonymously.

5 tips for 360-degree feedback

  1. Select an effective feedback tool
  2. Explain the purpose of 360-degree feedback to raters
  3. Make sure raters provide feedback honestly
  4. After submitting feedback, prepare a proper report of it for employee
  5. In the end, it is beneficial to set a feedback discussion meeting with a coach for employee