My
first blog post of 2014 is going be in three parts. I wanted to discuss one of my favourite topics 360 (or
Multi-source) Feedback. I felt
that there is a lot to discuss and I wanted to give each post an opportunity to
be discussed and dissected.
In
an effort to limit the subjectivity in understanding people’s performance, the
logical conclusion is to gather data from multiple perspectives. This all makes sense. I clearly
remember my days at a school in New Jersey and the head of the system cautioned
me to be careful about exceeding budget year over year. I figure it was for a
just cause, education, the results would prove their worth. So after three years of my stubborn
approach to the feedback he called me aside and shared with me a saying from
his grandmother. A saying I often
draw on when providing feedback from 360˚ reports: “if one person tells you
your drunk, you can ignore it; if two people say you are drunk you might want
to pay attention and if three say you are drunk, lay down.”
This
simple saying encapsulates the essence of the thought behind 360 Feedback.
