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 [...]
Just because you have an impressive title on your office door or business card doesn't mean that you are a leader. Yes you may have a title that says you are a leader, but that title doesn't mean anything unless you demonstrate actions that show you are a leader. A leader is a leader because [...]
If you were to ask people what makes a good leader, a lot will struggle to pin point exactly what the ingredients are. The dictionary defines ‘good’ as, “to be desired or approved of” and the term ‘leader’ as “a person followed by others.” So in theory a ‘good leader’ is a person who is [...]
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 [...]
In the last post we talked about the importance of viewing feedback in a positive light and gave you some examples of celebrities who didn’t react well to feedback. Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Lohan and Amanda Bynes refused to take, interpret and accept feedback as something positive to build upon. Here are 5 simple steps for [...]
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 [...]
Human Relations professionals deal with people and the relationships between people and teams within organisations. In a professional context they instigate HR strategies, on boarding of staff, training of staff, organisational feedback and look out for the general wellbeing of employees. There are five key function areas of importance that come into play when working [...]
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 [...]
High performing companies always clearly communicate to employees their performance expectations, and their managers promote the person with the best skills and knowledge to become leaders. These leaders have to be fair, talent-focused and excel in clarifying performance procedures, focus on job role training and facilitate employees to work well together. It is a proven [...]
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 [...]