360 feedback

360 feedback traditionally used for potential evaluation of managers gains more interest as a tool for employee evaluation, training needs evaluation and feedback collection where it is important to look at a given problem from different perspectives, eg. company, customer, manager, employee, partner (distributor, vendor, …).

360 degree feedback (also called 360 degree survey / appraisal, multi-rater feedback or multi-source feedback) is a popular tool that provides feedback that comes from all around an employee. Typically feedback includes employee manager, direct reports, peers, and self-rating. It can also include feedback from external sources – clients, suppliers or other stakeholders.