It’s all well and good telling your employer that you have an O’level in computer studies, but that doesn’t hold much water if you learnt on a Sinclair Spectrum back in 1986.
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Knowledge
Think about what area of skill or knowledge you want to develop. Then find out who is good at it and figure out a way to ‘hang out’ with them.
Stop. Your mind flagged this idea as interesting for a reason. How could you apply this in your work or your life?
In the words of Chester Barnard, “It is what we think we know that keeps us from learning.”
One of the core skills in self improvement is the ability to learn from your experience. When you learn from your experience, you can change how you do things, and get better results next time
IBM is finding ways to tackle global issues using feedback. Our own issues may not be global, but you can bet your bottom dollar that the benefits and the insight acquired through 360-degree feedback will be immeasurable.
Unfortunately, having been given the task of implementing the assessment and then the feedback session itself, John’s lack of understanding on the process has given him a very negative viewpoint towards it. This will inevitably filter down through the ranks to the team members who are taking part in the appraisal itself.
As the US Military, Ford and 79% of the Fortune 100 companies understand, to be effective at anything, we have to find a way to get constructive feedback. In the case of the military, Santos is used to work out the best way to equip soldiers for battle. In the work environment, 360-degree feedback is a powerful tool for creating awareness of an individual’s strengths and development areas, by measuring performance against a range of key criteria.
Value and use the diversity of thinking that is around
you rather than simply dismiss others as people who
simply can’t or won’t understand.
Just occasionally in business, the habit of sharing information openly comes back to bite you.