Bill Gates once said, “We all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how we improve.” Who better to do that than the ones we work closely with? That, in a nutshell, is what 360-degree ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the psychology of leadership, tech and entrepreneurship. Executive coaching has been on the rise for decades as a ...

An important focus for leaders today is to develop a continuous learning and growth mindset. As Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, has said, the learn-it-all will always trump the know-it-all. As ...

Most employees are familiar with the age-old way of receiving on-the-job feedback in the form of an annual performance appraisal that includes feedback from their boss. But there’s another feedback ...

IMPLEMENTING a 360-degree review process will either be a destructive and devastating experience or a developmental epiphany for those involved, depending entirely on how the process is structured.

360-degree feedback synthesizes many people’s perspectives about an employee and his performance, giving you a much more complete view of the person than you’d get otherwise. But gathering and putting ...

If a single e-mail can send the pulse racing, it’s the one from human resources announcing that it’s time for another round of 360-degree feedback. In and of itself, this type of appraisal isn’t bad.

One important management task that you'll have to accomplish as a business owner is to perform regular employee performance reviews. Employers use a variety of different methods for reviewing employee ...