360 Performance Reviews: What Questions Should HR Managers Be Asking?

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Asking the right questions is key to the success of 360 performance reviews, so make sure you strike the right balance of closed-ended and open-ended inquiries.

HR managers who are keen to provide a more comprehensive assessment of job performance to employees than traditional reviews should think about using the 360-degree method. This framework for conducting performance reviews takes feedback from a wide range of sources into account to give a fuller picture of how staff are carrying out their roles.

The result is a more accurate view of an employee from different perspectives and actionable insights that lead to improvements going forward. The method relies on well-structured 360 review questions that elicit appropriate responses from all team members involved. That means thinking very carefully about what to include in your survey and what to leave out.