360 Degree Performance Feedback Enhances Productivity
360 Degree Performance Feedback Enhances Productivity
Here are ten tips for gaining the most from collaboratively giving and receiving constructive feedback, both “affirmative on course” and “corrective off course”.
BUILD TRUSTING RELATIONSHIPS – If done poorly, openly receiving personal “off course” feedback can be a bitter pill to swallow. When trusting relationships are in place, people by their words, tone and actions they that are trying to help the person, not looking to feed their own ego.
KNOW THE GOAL OF YOUR FEEDBACK – Be clear in your own mind and heart what you want the person to do differently. Keep it in mind while you discuss it with them.
PICK THE RIGHT TIME AND PLACE – Giving both kinds of feedback to a person as soon as the performance incident is observed is best because their actions are still fresh in their minds. However, make sure you select an appropriate, private place to do it.
COMMUNICATE FEEDBACK YOUR GOAL – Make it clear to the person what you need to talk about. If you think the other person knows what you are going to say, then start with a question like, "How well do you think your report was understood by our team?”
STATE WHAT WENT WELL AND WHAT NEEDS STRENGTHENING – First, help the person gain clarity about what they think went well. Then encourage them to share what might have improved the performance. Then coach them through appropriate options that might help them enhance their performance.
KEEP “COURSE CORRECTIVE” FEEDBACK FOCUSED AND SHORT – Make sure that you focus on one growth issue at a time to keep the person’s defensiveness and emotional upset to a minimum. You don’t want them to feel belittled. Make sure that you make your point and attentively listen to theirs as you reach closure together on the subject.
SHARE THE IMPACT – It’s also important to explain what the impact and consequences of their performance actions are on you, others and the well being of the company. This is intended as a “wakeup call” not a “scare tactic.” It’s ideally intended as a gentle reminder of the bigger picture and how important their performance is to the success of this picture.
BE PRESENT – Sincerely communicate verbally and non verbally that you are there to support them in their personal and professional growth efforts and are on their side. That can only happen if you give your full attention to the person, so make every effort to do so.
VALUE THE PERSON – End of the conversation with comments and facial expressions that let them know how highly you regard them. Let them know they are a valued member of your team and specifically the excellent work they contribute. Also that 360 degree performance feedback is how your team helps one another learn things to fine tune personal performance and group productivity.
SEEK PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT TOGETHER – Focus the feedback meeting on how you and the other person are working collaboratively to make things work better in future. Place an emphasis on being team players together.
Remember, the open and skillful giving and receiving of 360 degree performance feedback constructively contributes to growth in performance and becomes a powerful learning exercise. If you and your staff have not developed the skills to easily do this with one another, I strongly recommend you engage a professional business coach who is skilled in this process to help you and your team “gentle” into the process. A good coach will help you learn the skills for giving and receiving performance enhancing feedback together more quickly and easily.
Treating people well in this collaborative feedback process is the key to building trusting, one-on-one relationships which will strengthen the productivity of your entire enterprise.
360 Degree Performance Feedback Enhances Productivity - To learn more about this author, visit Millard MacAdam's Website.
Like this article? Share it with your friends
In a truly stellar workplace environment, I’ve found that proactive people freely give and receive “on course” and “off course” performance feedback with one another. I’ve observed that people who engage in a constructive feedback process build high integrity, productive relationships which help them most quickly and easily achieve their common goals.
Here are ten tips for gaining the most from collaboratively giving and receiving constructive feedback, both “affirmative on course” and “corrective off course”.
BUILD TRUSTING RELATIONSHIPS – If done poorly, openly receiving personal “off course” feedback can be a bitter pill to swallow. When trusting relationships are in place, people by their words, tone and actions they that are trying to help the person, not looking to feed their own ego.
KNOW THE GOAL OF YOUR FEEDBACK – Be clear in your own mind and heart what you want the person to do differently. Keep it in mind while you discuss it with them.
PICK THE RIGHT TIME AND PLACE – Giving both kinds of feedback to a person as soon as the performance incident is observed is best because their actions are still fresh in their minds. However, make sure you select an appropriate, private place to do it.
COMMUNICATE FEEDBACK YOUR GOAL – Make it clear to the person what you need to talk about. If you think the other person knows what you are going to say, then start with a question like, "How well do you think your report was understood by our team?”
STATE WHAT WENT WELL AND WHAT NEEDS STRENGTHENING – First, help the person gain clarity about what they think went well. Then encourage them to share what might have improved the performance. Then coach them through appropriate options that might help them enhance their performance.
KEEP “COURSE CORRECTIVE” FEEDBACK FOCUSED AND SHORT – Make sure that you focus on one growth issue at a time to keep the person’s defensiveness and emotional upset to a minimum. You don’t want them to feel belittled. Make sure that you make your point and attentively listen to theirs as you reach closure together on the subject.
SHARE THE IMPACT – It’s also important to explain what the impact and consequences of their performance actions are on you, others and the well being of the company. This is intended as a “wakeup call” not a “scare tactic.” It’s ideally intended as a gentle reminder of the bigger picture and how important their performance is to the success of this picture.
BE PRESENT – Sincerely communicate verbally and non verbally that you are there to support them in their personal and professional growth efforts and are on their side. That can only happen if you give your full attention to the person, so make every effort to do so.
VALUE THE PERSON – End of the conversation with comments and facial expressions that let them know how highly you regard them. Let them know they are a valued member of your team and specifically the excellent work they contribute. Also that 360 degree performance feedback is how your team helps one another learn things to fine tune personal performance and group productivity.
SEEK PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT TOGETHER – Focus the feedback meeting on how you and the other person are working collaboratively to make things work better in future. Place an emphasis on being team players together.
Remember, the open and skillful giving and receiving of 360 degree performance feedback constructively contributes to growth in performance and becomes a powerful learning exercise. If you and your staff have not developed the skills to easily do this with one another, I strongly recommend you engage a professional business coach who is skilled in this process to help you and your team “gentle” into the process. A good coach will help you learn the skills for giving and receiving performance enhancing feedback together more quickly and easily.
Treating people well in this collaborative feedback process is the key to building trusting, one-on-one relationships which will strengthen the productivity of your entire enterprise.
360 Degree Performance Feedback Enhances Productivity - To learn more about this author, visit Millard MacAdam's Website.
Like this article? Share it with your friends
 | |
 |
No article feedback found. |
| |
Leave Your Feedback |
 | |
| |||
George LudwigGeorge Ludwig is a recognized authority on sales strategy and peak performance psychology. An international speaker, trainer, and corporate consultant, he helps clients like Johnson & Johnson, Abbott Laboratories, Northwestern Mutual, CIGNA, and numerous others improve sales force effectiveness and performance. Though it's George's strategies and processes that help corporations increase productivity and performance, it's his tremendous energy and dynamism that spark the transformation. Again and again, clients remark on his amazing ability to unleash human capacity and inspire men and women to break out of their comfort zones. The result is a whole new type of salesperson. His customized presentations teach achievers to make stunning advances in their lives. From helping salespeople realize cherished dreams to helping corporations exponentially accelerate revenue streams, George Ludwig leaves audiences and individuals empowered, emboldened, and clamoring for more. George is the best-selling author of Power Selling: Seven Strategies for Cracking the Sales Code and Wise Moves: 60 Quick Tips to Improve Your Position in Life & Business. - Visit George Ludwig's Website |
|||
|
I've created this section on my site to share some of the incredible tools that I've used to build my business. I hope you too can benefit from them and look forward to hearing your feedback on the reviews! - Visit Evan Carmichael's Website |
|||
David AchesonDavid Acheson is the founder of DCJA Consultancy. DCJA Consultancy is a management consultancy business specialising in B2B sales consultancy. They offer bespoke and packaged sales consultancy including Sales Optimisation Review, Interim Sales Management, Sales & Marketing Review, 1:1 Sales & Management Staff Analysis, Management Training, Solution Sales Training, Creation of New Pay Plan, KPI's, run Customer Feedback Campaigns, assist with Recruitment, Coaching, Appraisals and set up Strategic Marketing Campaigns. David spent his early career in accountancy and then moved into sales in 1982, working in Office Equipment, IT, Advertising, Training, Outsourcing and Consultancy. He has held many Senior Positions in SMBs and Global Organisations including Head of Sales Operations & Head of Business Development. His knowledge, skills and great experience of the Sales Industry has led to David making keynote speeches and running educational sessions to key businesses through organisations including The Chamber of Commerce and Business Link. - Visit David Acheson's Website |
|||
Linda RichardsonLinda Richardson is the Founder and Executive Chairwoman of Richardson, a global sales training and performance improvement company. As a recognized leader in the industry, she has won the coveted Stevie Award for Lifetime Achievement in Sales Excellence and she was identified by Training Industry, Inc. as one of the “Top 20 Most Influential Training Professionals.” Ms. Richardson is credited with the movement to Consultative Selling and is the author of ten books on selling and sales management, including Sales Coaching — Making the Great Leap from Sales Manager to Sales Coach, and Stop Telling, Start Selling. She teaches sales and management at the Wharton Graduate School of the University of Pennsylvania and the Wharton Executive Development Center. Linda is a frequent speaker at industry and client conferences, has been published extensively in industry and training journals, and has been featured in numerous publications, including The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Nation’s Business, Selling Power, Success, and The Conference Board Magazine. Learn more about Richardson's sales training and performance improvement solutions at http://www.richardson.com web - Visit Linda Richardson's Website |
|||
David BarrDavid Barr is the President of Venture Opportunities, Inc. David has been a professional business broker/intermediary since 1980 focusing on General Business Brokerage and Mergers and Acquisitions representing client transaction value from $400,000 to $20,000,000. Mr. Barr has handled the sale of over four hundred and fifty companies. David earned a university degree from the State University of New York majoring in economics and business. David holds the Mergers and Acquisition Master Intermediary and the Certified Business Intermediary designations from the International Business Brokers Association. He is also a Senior Business Analyst and a Texas licensed Real Estate Agent. For more information about David and Venture Opportunities, visit www.bizdealmaker.com. - Visit David Barr's Website |
|||
John PowerJohn Power, founder of Biltmore Franchise Consulting, has extensive experience developing and marketing franchises and business opportunities. He has been in and around franchising for over twenty years. From 1980 through 1990 he conceptualized, organized, and developed the American Video Association. He grew AVA to 2,000 national members, before selling the company it 1990. It was later merged into another home video marketing company. From 2000 to 2005 he worked as a contract marketing and human resources consultant to several local and national companies. In 2005 Mr. Power began working as a franchise development consultant on a full-time basis. Since that time he has helped more than three dozen companies initiate and develop their franchising program. He notes that there are many companies interested in developing a franchise program, and who need his specialized assistance. Mr. Power is a “hands-on” franchise consultant. He said, “I am the ‘nuts and bolts’ person who tends to the details for my clients.” Mr. Power holds a B.S. degree with a major in Marketing. See: www.biltmorefranchise.com You may contact Mr. Power at: jpower@biltmorefranchise.co - Visit John Power's Website |
|||
|
To learn more about the Evan Elite Author Program please contact us. | |||
 | |
|  |
Subscribe to Millard's articles
 | |
|
|  |
 | |
|
| |
 | ||
 |
||
 |
||
 |
||
|
| ||
 |
| Have you written articles that would be of value to entrepreneurs? Become an expert on our site by publishing them! Expose yourself to a wide audience, drive more traffic to your website and get more sales! Click Here for details. |
|
|
 |
| Modeling the Masters: Learn the true secrets behind Walt Disney's business success factors & grow your company! Video produced by Phanta Media |
|
|
 |
"Learn straight from Evan how you can Make a Full Time Income (And More) from a Website"
Click Here To Learn More |
|
|
|
|
Get advice & tips from famous business owners, new articles by entrepreneur experts, my latest website updates, & special sneak peaks at what's to come!
|
|
 |
 Accessing Capital Business Owner Guide Million $ Interview Write Marketing Plan Maximize Trade Shows |
|
 | ||
 |
Top 50 Diversion Blogs
Top Diversion Blogs of 2009 | |
 |
Top 50 Social Media Blogs
Top 50 Social Media Blogs | |
| ||
 | ||||
| ||||
|
| ||||
| ||||
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
Email us your ideas on how to make our website more valuable! Thank you Sharon from Toronto Salsa Lessons / Classes for your suggestions to make the newsletter look like the website and profile younger entrepreneurs like Jennifer Lopez and Sean Combs!
|
|
|
| ||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||