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Divided by a common language

Bowland Solutions — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:20:20 GMT

I was in the US last weekend. I was working hard in the Florida Keys! Whenever I travel to the US a number of things strike me. Let's take the easiest example: the different approach to service. Waiting staff in the US are different - the norm is...(read more)

How do you bring Performance Appraisal and 360 Degree Feedback together?

Bowland Solutions — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:11:33 GMT

The short answer to this is 'with care' - We have had a spate of new performance appraisal projects with clients who interestingly have all requested integrated 360 degree feedback. This is nothing new in itself but the frequency of the requests...(read more)

How should a line manager debrief a 360 feedback report?

Bowland Solutions — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:21:19 GMT

A topic we often discuss with clients is where the responsibility should lie with regard the 360 degree feedback debrief; this being the face-to-face session where the recipient explores and discusses their 360 feedback report. We would say ideally that...(read more)

360 Degree Feedback; a nice article which shows the pay-offs and the pitfalls

Bowland Solutions — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:23:38 GMT

Here is a rather comprehensive blog post from David K Schneider which takes a balanced view of 360 degree feedback, describing the various possible outcomes as 'Heaven', 'Hell' and 'Purgatory'; nice analogies! I found myself nodding...(read more)

Performance Reviews for Teachers or a bully's charter?

Bowland Solutions — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:19:00 GMT

The latest news regarding the Department of Education (DoE) new approach to underperforming teachers is slightly depressing; it is introducing measures which will allow them to be sacked within a term. I don't dispute that underperformance is an issue...(read more)

Bowland works backwards....5 steps to success with 360 degree feedback

Bowland Solutions — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:26:15 GMT

Our new website now really captures our philiosophy of what we believe makes for success in the context of a 360 degree feedback project; the idea of working backwards through 5 key steps. 1. Working backwards means starting with the end in mind; starting...(read more)

Myth of team culture - an argument from New Zealand

Bowland Solutions — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:12:04 GMT

I really recommend reading the following article in a New Zealand online website www.stuff.co.nz/sport/opinion/6195646/The-myth-of-team-culture . It is well written and well though through. At first read, the author is so convinced of his own view that...(read more)

A Happy New Year and a lovely new website!

Bowland Solutions — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:12:14 GMT

We would first like to wish all our readers, colleagues, partners and clients a Happy New Year and hope that you enjoyed a restful break. With our New Year resolutions, comes a new website which offers us the opportunity to share much more about 360 degree...(read more)

A Very Merry Xmas from Bowland Solutions

Bowland Solutions — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 08:52:02 GMT

A final post before the year end to wish all of our clients, partners, associates, colleagues, friends and readers a peaceful Xmas and New Year. It's been a significant year for us here at Bowland; many new & interesting 360 degree feedback and...(read more)

Thanks to all who attended our last 360 degree feedback Webinar

Bowland Solutions — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:33:30 GMT

A brief note of thanks to all those who attended and contributed to our latest webinar, 'Successfully implementing 360 degree feedback'; if you missed this one then we will schedule another one in the New Year and hope you can join us then. Thanks...(read more)

Free 360 Degree Feedback Webinar; Thursday 8th December 2pm GMT

Bowland Solutions — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:04:44 GMT

We recently ran our seminar 'Successfully implementing 360 degree feedback' in London and have been asked by a number of people who couldn't attend if we could present this by way of a webinar, so here are the details! Date: 8th December 2011...(read more)

360 degree feedback; intention and purpose make for success

Bowland Solutions — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:10:36 GMT

A brief note here to highlight a post on the Harvard Business Review Blog from Scott Edinger in response to Marcus Buckingham's original blog post of last month about what he saw as the 'fatal flaws' inherent in 360 degree feedback. We have...(read more)

Authentic conversations; performance appraisals changing culture

Bowland Solutions — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 08:46:37 GMT

We often talk around the heart of our business ethos relating to how we wish to encourage organisations to focus on the meaningful conversation between employee and their line manager at performance appraisal time or as the culmination of a 360 feedback...(read more)

CIPD 2011; the rise of 360 degree feedback

Bowland Solutions — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 08:05:09 GMT

Just a brief visit to CIPD in Manchester this year proved a worthwhile opportunity to catch up on what is happening within the industry and both 360 degree feedback and performance appraisal were very visible. In fact there was a lot around assessment...(read more)

360 degree feedback; flawed data or useful feedback?

Bowland Solutions — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:27:35 GMT

A recent post by Marcus Buckingham here is worth a look at the thread of discussion it has prompted; he challenges the effectiveness of them with a focus on what he describes as 'bad data'. The subjective nature of respondents offering their view...(read more)