Before you can determine whether or not it is the right employee assessment solution for you, you need to compare the most significant 360-degree feedback advantages and disadvantages.

To make things easier for you, we are going to provide you with everything you need to know right here.

When someone knows that the person they review will know what they said, it can be difficult to provide honest feedback. As Terri Linman of San Diego State University said in a recent scholarly journal, 360-degree feedback provides an “Assurance that feedback will be kept confidential.” The anonymous nature of 360-degree feedback allows people to comfortably be honest.

As Neil Kokemuller said in arecent eHow article, “employees are bothered when they feel unfairly critiqued by managers.” 360-degree feedback completely eliminates this problem by providing a comprehensive assessment from peers, subordinates and supervisors.

In addition to discussing how an employee’s behaviours are affecting the company, a properly executed 360-degree assessment system also provides people with the tools they need to improve their behaviours.

A person may have been conditioned to believe that everything they do is perfect for so long that the idea of receiving any negative feedback is inconceivable for them. In this case, it can be difficult to deliver any productive message to the employee. You may have to reinforce the fact that everyone, no matter how well they are currently doing, can improve their workplace productivity.

As the M&E Studies Group said in arecent blog post, “Stress might be put on individuals for giving feedback.” This means that you have to take steps to ensure that people understand that the feedback is seen as a tool for professional development, not a system for punishment.

If an employee’s peers absolutely love how their behaviours are affecting the team, but their supervisors and peers do not, then what do you change? Answering this question will require you to sit down with the employee and determine how you can make changes that will result in a positive improvement from the perspective of all of the team members that the employee interacts with.

Before you make any decision for your organization, you should have an idea of whether or not it will work. The information discussed in this article will help regarding evaluations, but the only way to know for sure is to try it out for yourself.

Grapevine Evaluations provides easily customizable online 360-degree feedback software that can provide crucial feedback about employees from everyone they work with, including themselves. To learn more about how our 360-degree feedback can help your company, or to set up a one-on-one demo, contact Grapevine Evaluations today.