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Organisations and employees can benefit from conducting professional 360 degree appraisals involving all staff members. 360 degree appraisals are built around anonymous feedback collected from a representative group of employees who are quizzed on the behaviour of their co-workers.
A 360 degree feedback survey will gather information on areas such as: customer focus, teamwork, communications, leadership, technical know-how, ethics etc.
It’s important to remember that 360 degree feedback only provides a general perception of how an employee is performing and cannot be used as a measure of competence.
To this end, 360 degree appraisals should be used to complement the annual appraisal system between a line manager and an employee, with the outcomes being used towards the employee’s self-improvement and professional development.
360 appraisals can be outsourced to an external company but many HR departments are equipped to carry out the task.
Here are some key tips on how to conduct and evaluate feedback from 360 degree appraisals.