Coaching Applications - 360 Degree Feedback and other Tools

Boosting Personal Insights with
360 Degree Feedback and other Tools

We have been using 360 degree feedback surveys for many years. They provide clients with valuable insights into their behaviours and increase their self awareness. They also help to provide us with a starting point for developing goals for a coaching program.

The features of an effective 360 degree feedback activity are:

  • The process is a development opportunity; it does not assess job performance
  • Provides feedback to the individual from their boss, direct reports, peers
  • Questionnaires are completed confidentially on-line and anonymously to ensure honest and accurate feedback
  • The report provides an opportunity for the individual to compare his/her own responses with others who responded
  • The report highlights a person’s strengths as well as areas for development

When to use a 360 degree survey

We use a 360 degree survey at the beginning of a coaching program to identify development needs or as a development opportunity for the entire senior leadership team.

Surveys we recommend

Integro’s Leadership Development Assessment™ (LDA)
The LDA measures behaviours in three units of competence: Managing Self, Managing the Environment and Building Trust.

Bar-On EQ360
Emotional intelligence is now recognised as a key factor underpinning successful individuals, teams, leaders and organisations.The EQ-360 provides a person with reliable feedback from their boss, peers, direct reports and other colleagues and friends about their emotional intelligence functioning.

360 degree Management Review
The Review has its foundations in the Baldridge Criteria and maps to the Hogan
Leadership Forecast series (see below) and measures emotional intelligence

Or we will work with our client’s own 360 degree survey.

Other Useful Tools

These tools are self-report questionnaires, i.e. only the individual completes the questionnaire and the report reflects their preferences.

Myers Briggs Type Indicator helps individuals understand how their personality preferences influence their behaviour.

DiSC® Indra®
DiSC® Indra® identifies the compatibility of people in teams. It can be used effectively in any setting where interpersonal effectiveness is critical to the success of individuals and teams.
DiSC® and DiSC Indra® are registered trademarks of Inscape Publishing, Inc

Hogan Leadership Forecast Series
The series measures individual leaders’ values, motivation, personality strengths and opportunities.

Team Alignment Questionnaire™
The Team Alignment Questionnaire™ benchmarks the trust level within a team and the effectiveness of communication about issues critical to a team's success… purpose, values, vision, goals, procedures and roles.

See Team Development for additional information on how our tools are used.

 

Why Work with Linda McDonald

Linda has more than 10 years experience coaching leaders and executives for a wide range of issues and applications. She has used 360 degree surveys and other questionnaires extensively over her career. Her experience and empathy ensure that she quickly develops a rapport with her clients and maximises the benefit of a coaching program.

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You can contact Linda for an obligation free discussion about 360 degree feedback and other useful tools on 02 9416 1576 or visit the contact page.
 

Case Study

Client: Australian subsidiary of a US based global organisation.

Background: The General Manager introduced a program of 360 degree surveys as a development opportunity for him and his senior management team.

Process: After a presentation to the senior management team about the 360 degree process, 11 senior managers participated. At a two hour meeting with each manager we reviewed their results. Each manager prepared a draft development plan based on the results of the survey. A development planning meeting followed about a month later. Following this meeting, each manager met with the General Manager to summarise his/her survey results and discuss their development plan.

Outcomes: The 360 degree surveys were an enlightening experience for the team members. They all took away fresh insights about their behaviours. They were particularly happy to get a lot of positive feedback. A few had only some fine tuning to do.

 

 
 
 
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