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What to do after the 360 Feedback Survey?​

Getting in the responses and closing the survey does not mean that the Intervention is over. As the Process Owner, you need to ensure that participants go through their individual reports and are able to understand and take development action based on their reports.

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Here is a quick Checklist of Actions you may want to take after closing the surveys:

Send a thank you note to all respondents.

Generate and share individual reports with all participants as soon as possible.

Communicate a process to help participants understand the report and clarify their doubts.

Create a group analysis of the data to capture collective strengths and development areas. Share the Report with senior leaders and other stakeholders. This analysis can also be used to plan other development activities and trainings for the entire group.

Think through and jot down your own learnings from managing the entire process. What went well? What could you have done differently? What will allow you to run future projects more successfully?

Concluding Remarks

Apart from the actions related to the online platform, conducting a successfully 360-Degree feedback survey intervention requires one to work through a range of activities to set the right context, ensure sufficient participation and achieve the desired outcomes post the Survey. 

This requires careful planning and an orientation towards aligning all stakeholders and addressing their concerns and issues.

We hope this series of blogs helps you, as process owners of a 360-Degree Feedback Survey, to plan and organize your Intervention successfully.

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360° Feedback Surveys:
Off-the-Shelf vs Customized Questionnaires

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The dilemma that most process owners face with a 360-feedback survey is whether to go for one of the many off-the-shelf questionnaires readily available or create a questionnaire customized to their requirements. 

Most believe that customized questionnaires are more effective than the off-the-shelf ones.

However, the trade-off is not so simple and depends on factors as outlined below:

Off-the-shelf questionnaire should be used when the survey is being conducted for a select group of employees or the leadership team as part of the development process.

However, if you are conducting the survey as part of a strategic initiative or as a wider organization-wide program, then we recommend that you get help in developing a customized questionnaire for the process.

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A 360 Portrait of Middle Managers

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Learn how we enabled a Leading Digital Payments Company to customize 360° surveys for the development of their top 100 Leaders.

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5 Things to work on prior to your 360° Feedback Survey Launch

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Online platforms like the one by Think Talent have made conducting 360-Degree feedback surveys much easier. 

Many of the operational steps in conducting the survey – sending email reminders to respondents and analyzing and reporting the results – are mostly automated.

However, we have captured below 5 key elements that one should work on prior to Going Live with the Surveys:

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Creating a Structured Orientation Plan

360-Degree feedback surveys typically involve a large number of employees with sometimes 10+ employees providing feedback to each participant. Both providing and receiving feedback can be difficult for most people. 

Designing a clear orientation process can help you make sure you help all stakeholders understand the different stages in the entire survey process and answer their concerns, especially around anonymity and confidentiality and how the reports will be used.

2

Getting Alignment on the Questionnaire

The Survey Questionnaire is one of the key components of any 360 Degree feedback Survey process. Selecting or designing a questionnaire requires you to consider many factors covered in the next blog. 

However, once your questionnaire is ready, make sure you spend sufficient time taking key senior stakeholders through the design of the questionnaire and the report. Understanding and addressing their inputs and concerns can help you win their support and manage the post-survey process effectively.

3

Running a Pilot

Running an online 360 survey well means getting many things right. Has the link been whitelisted? Have you uploaded the right questionnaire? Are participants seeing the right instructions on opening the link? 

One effective way to get everything right is to run a set of pilot surveys. Configure everything exactly as in the final Survey and get 7-10 of your colleagues to respond to the Survey. Give them a checklist of things to look for and check-in with them to confirm whether everything worked correctly for them. This will help you catch issues before you release the survey to a large group of people.

Planning Distribution of Reports post the Survey

360-Degree Feedback Reports are, by their very nature, sensitive documents. If you are running the survey for a large group of people, make sure you have a clear plan around handling the report. 

Some of the questions you may want to think through are:

  • Who will generate the reports? When will the reports be available post closure of survey?
  • Will it be shared only with the employee or with others like their Manager or HR contact? Who else in the organization will have access to the reports?
  • Who will answer the questions of employees about their reports? For senior leaders, it is better if you can organize external coaches or experts to work with them on understanding and assimilating their reports.

Going Live in Style

Getting respondents to your survey can be one of the most difficult part of the survey process. With their day-to-day taking up most of their time and attention, you need to create a well-crafted communication plan to make sure your respondents are aware about the intervention and prioritize the survey invitations once they receive it.

 Make sure you build up anticipation around the survey prior to launch and you send regular reminders to people with pending surveys in their accounts.

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Infographic showing the Distribution of Middle Managers across Key Competencies basis their 360 Feedback Scores. This is to determine how are Middle Managers perceived by their Stakeholders on different Competencies.

A 360 Portrait of Middle Managers

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Implementing 360° Feedback Survey in context of Leadership Development

Learn how we enabled a Leading Digital Payments Company to customize 360° surveys for the development of their top 100 Leaders.

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Before you start the
360-Feedback Process:
Get the Context & Purpose right

A well-designed 360-Degree feedback survey can definitely lead to enhancement of business and potential, but documented studies have shown that a poorly designed feedback can backfire, leading to distrust and disengagement in the employees.

To ensure that your 360 feedback survey intervention delivers the right outcomes, make sure you consider the purpose and context of the survey even before starting the process.

There are two broad Questions you may want to think about:

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1. How clear is the Organization about the purpose of conducting 360 feedback?

Different stakeholders in the organization may expect the 360-Degree feedback survey to serve different purposes. For example, the Business Head may be looking to use the process to highlight poor performers and/or the leadership team of your organization may be expecting that the process will be tied back to promotions or rewards. A defined, clear reason behind running a 360 survey along with a structured plan on how to best use the results, is a prerequisite towards conducting an effective 360 survey process.

Before you start the process of deploying a 360 feedback survey, it is vital that you consult all stakeholders – leadership team, managers, and employees. Make sure you document the final set of objectives since it will help in communicating the same to all participants and respondents later. 

2. Will Employees be comfortable giving honest feedback to each other?

Organizational culture and context determine whether employees will be able to or be willing to give honest feedback to each other. 

If your organization is currently going through major changes or financial difficulties, it may prove difficult for you to get employees to open up and share honest feedback. Also, it is difficult for employees to give honest feedback to each other when the outcome of the feedback process can be used to decide on promotions or rewards.

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In our experience,

360 feedback surveys yield the best results when used as an instrument to support employee development and not when they are used to decide rewards and recognition. 

Self-development is a journey which starts with self-awareness. A well-designed and correctly-used 360 survey will always be the right way to start this journey with.

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Infographic showing the Distribution of Middle Managers across Key Competencies basis their 360 Feedback Scores. This is to determine how are Middle Managers perceived by their Stakeholders on different Competencies.

A 360 Portrait of Middle Managers

Find out the latest insights based on our in-depth analysis of the 360 feedback reports of 3000+ Managers across industries. You will get a glimpse on how middle managers are perceived by their stakeholders on different competencies.

Three colleagues discussing the design of a 360-degree feedback survey in a modern office setting

Implementing 360° Feedback Survey in context of Leadership Development

Learn how we enabled a Leading Digital Payments Company to customize 360° surveys for the development of their top 100 Leaders.

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Introduction to
360° Feedback Surveys

360° feedback surveys can be a very powerful tool to get detailed & well-rounded inputs from an employee’s seniors, peers, juniors & external stakeholders. These inputs can be about the employee’s skills & performance or other aspects like competencies & values. 360° feedback surveys are trusted by organizations across the world as an effective tool for facilitating employee performance & development.

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Here are a few contexts in which 360° Feedback Surveys can be used effectively as a tool:

Leadership Development

Enabling managers and senior leaders in the organization to receive feedback on managerial competencies and use this feedback to create their personal development plans.

Talent Review or Skill Audit

Conduct 360° feedback process for large pools of employees to get more detailed understanding of collective strengths and development areas. The inputs are typically used as one of the inputs into the talent review or succession planning process using a framework like 9-box grid.

Participant Assessment in Learning Programs

Conduct 360° feedback process for participants at the start and/or end of a Development Program to understand their progress on key competencies covered in the program.

While 360° feedback survey is a powerful tool, conducting effective 360° surveys require careful planning and preparations.

Elements of the survey like Questionnaire Design and Post-survey Activities require careful thinking. At the same time, since 360° surveys involve many people across the organization, a structured communication plan becomes critical to ensure that all stakeholders are clear about the different aspects of the process.

This series of blogs explores key issues and questions one needs to think through while planning a 360° feedback survey intervention. Our focus has been on practical issues and considerations related to administration of such interventions rather than topics like how to design a survey questionnaire. We hope that you find this series useful in planning your own Intervention.

Explore the Full Series

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Two colleagues are collaborating on a 360-feedback survey project using a Think Talent Next platform on a laptop in a modern office environment.

Deploying 360° Surveys at scale in context of Performance Management

Find out how we helped an Insurance Giant to scale up its 360° feedback program using our proprietary 360-feedback platform.

Infographic showing the Distribution of Middle Managers across Key Competencies basis their 360 Feedback Scores. This is to determine how are Middle Managers perceived by their Stakeholders on different Competencies.

A 360 Portrait of Middle Managers

Find out the latest insights based on our in-depth analysis of the 360 feedback reports of 3000+ Managers across industries. You will get a glimpse on how middle managers are perceived by their stakeholders on different competencies.

Three colleagues discussing the design of a 360-degree feedback survey in a modern office setting

Implementing 360° Feedback Survey in context of Leadership Development

Learn how we enabled a Leading Digital Payments Company to customize 360° surveys for the development of their top 100 Leaders.

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