360 Degree feedback is one of the top forms of evaluation in the workplace. It enables you to get a ‘full circle’ insight of your business, its strengths, weaknesses and people. When creating a workplace’s 360 degree feedback survey, businesses can often make errors that prevent them from achieving the best results. Below are 5 [...]
Unfortunately for there to be good leaders, there has to be bad leaders. Every workplace will have them at one time or another – unfortunately they may be hard to spot at first! It is important that these bad leaders are identified quickly as their attitude can, and will, affect the organisation – whether it [...]
Giving feedback results to employees can be hard, but what’s harder is giving bad feedback results to employees. People react differently to negative feedback, some celebrity examples of this are Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Lohan and Amanda Bynes (as detailed in our post ‘keys to accepting feedback pt.1’). These celebrity ‘meltdowns’ are prime examples of how [...]
We all know what happens when someone takes feedback badly – it acts like a small fire fanned by a strong wind: it will spread quickly. This type of reaction to feedback doesn’t just occur in business environments. You may have experienced it in school and felt defensive in the face of criticism, or not [...]
High performing companies always clearly communicate to employees their performance expectations. Communication is crucial between an organisation and their employees as it makes the employees feel as if they are understood and valued. Another way HR teams may try to gain a greater understanding of their employees and their relationship with the organisation is though [...]
360 degree feedback can be used for many different purposes. However you may find it most valuable to your organisation if you focus the 360 degree feedback on particular goals. These goals may be ones that have been discussed in leadership and management meetings or established in the year’s Performance Agreement. The 360 degree feedback [...]
In HR, employee relations and risk management are considered to be strength when it comes to meeting goals. Employee relations and risk management refers to ensuring that all employees are treated with respect, are provided with health and safety processes and training, and that all employees are treated fairly and equally. During 360 Degree feedback [...]
It can be a difficult situation when you find you are dealing with a ‘bad boss.’ A ‘bad boss’ may take credit for other peoples work, not give credit when credit is due, be moody and short tempered, or buckle under pressure – leaving the rest of the team without support. Unfortunately if you have [...]
Successful leadership throughout an organisation is critical to a business striving for success. 360 degree feedback aids in evaluating the current leadership structure in your business to ensure maximum productivity. 360 degree feedback offers a useful method in analysing and evaluating leadership infrastructure through the use of multiple feedback sessions with managers and employees. 360 [...]
Resolve the Conflict Resolving conflict in the workplace is hard. But harder still is dealing with un-resolved conflicts because if you let them simmer too long, these issues could reach a boiling point! When an issue arises it’s important you fix it ASAP to minimise the effect it will have on projects, the working environment [...]