Reducing the impact and increasing the effectiveness of 360 Degree Feedback
July 14th, 2010 | Published in 360 Degree Feedback, Coaching, Employee engagement, Feedback, Feedforward, Management skills, Self awareness, motivation
This article talks about the negative effect that feedback, including 360 Degree Feedback, can have on the recipient when insensitively given.
In addition, we always advise people who are going to give face to face or anonymous feedback to:
- Say out loud what you think you’re going to say to the person; you will know pretty quickly whether it’s going to come across as negative and critical
- Ask yourself how you would feel if someone gave you the feedback you are going to give the recipient - put your own name in the sentences….
- Keep practicising until you find the right words, then use these in the feedback
- Be careful that you are not putting a halo around everything the person does, just because you like them, or because you think they’re a bit like you
- On the other hand, don’t have a downer on them because of one thing they did a long time ago, or because they disagreed with you
