6 points to consider when applying a 360-degree performance appraisal

Get new assessment tools for your employees. One of the most popular approaches companies use to increase employee engagement is a 360-degree performance appraisal. Addresses different perceptions towards a collaborator, expanding the items for their evaluation.

We recommend considering these six essential points when applying 360-degree feedback to help improve employees' performance and lead your organization to success.

1.- Observable behaviors

The observable behaviors of the collaborator are the central point of an individual because they demonstrate their feelings and emotions and their ambitions and pretensions; in addition, paying attention to the individual's behavior is of utmost importance since their behaviors are shown consciously or unconsciously.

The attitudes denoted by the subject are his own and palpable to the naked eye, without the need to make a psychoanalytic study; emotions, feelings, and behavior are some examples. There are also unobservable behaviors, which refer to any attitude that needs to be explored psychologically to be discovered. Still, these are not advisable to measure them, as it takes more time and resources.

2.- Individual competencies

Individual competencies refer to the faculty with which the person develops integral aspects of a human being and how he performs them in his tasks. The competencies are shown after experiencing situations of complex management for the collaborator.

Intelligence and competencies are closely related since, taking reference to the theory of multiple intelligences of Gardner (1993), competencies mark a base parameter for the correct use of intelligence, applying it in different fields.

We advise listing the competencies to be evaluated in specific aspects related to the role of each collaborator.

3.- Perception of colleagues and collaborators within a 360-degree performance

Peers within a company or organization also influence feedback to their peers, as they share the closest characteristics within the same job; therefore, taking into account colleagues' opinions is an essential measure for obtaining information about the person's performance evaluated in a 360-degree performance appraisal.

Although the perception of one co-worker to the work of others can be pretty subjective, it is crucial to mark the aspects to be evaluated in a very timely and specific way, directing the feedback to a standard work epitome of the individual.

4.- Experiences with internal or external customers

When offering a product or service, the customer service is as personalized, effective, and satisfactory as possible. Knowing the history of customers and their experience with the collaborator broadens the perspective for feedback as objectively as possible.

To measure your customers' level of satisfaction, you can use tools such as Smart feedback (Perception Survey Application Software). With the clients' feedback, an external vision towards the collaborator's work is sought, contributing to an objective criticism and away from any sentimentality that could be presented with colleagues.

Clients evaluate based on their unique experiences, which makes their criteria more concrete than if they evaluated the employee for a routine treatment (as could happen with the evaluation of colleagues).

5.- Obtaining objectives

At each beginning of the period, it is essential to raise objectives to the collaborator according to position or occupation. Then, in the end, a balance is made between the goals achieved and those not achieved.

For this, we invite you to know Smart performance (software for the management by KPIs objectives). It is a 360 evaluation tool to assign specific goals in each part of the process carried out internally within a company or organization. In this, you can modify the objectives according to interests and the level of success intended to reach. Thus, the correct application of KPIs can become fundamental for a company in its search for success.

6.- Use Vorecol 360 feedback: the 360 degree appraisal instrument

We emphasize innovating conventional forms of assessment. Instruments such as the Vorecol 360 feedback, a 360-degree performance appraisal, simplify the preparation of evaluations for staff.

Vorecol 360 feedback is based on assessing competencies through observable behaviors that are previously loaded into the system to facilitate the application of whoever uses it. Furthermore, these are editable, being flexible in removing or adding new ones.

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