Guide to 360 Review

Get help from flexible 360 degree performance reviews

Performance reviews are a vital tool for tracking employees' work. Find a 360 degree peer review system that allows you the flexibility to customize questions, specific skills assessed, review samples and more.

I recommend: Reactive 360 is an online 360 degree review, appraisal and feedback system with many flexible options, including the ability to create your own questionnaires and design your own reports.

Use a Web based 360 degree review program

A Web based 360 degree review can be accessed by a number of designated employees via an Internet connection anywhere at any time. With a Web based 360 degree review program, you don't need to install software or pay for multiple licenses. Web based 360 degree performance reviews also offer the flexibility of allowing employees to conduct employee peer reviews at their convenience.

I recommend: Check out Promantek's Multi-Rater Evaluation Software, an easy-to-use, Web based 360 degree review tool that imports your company's information, requests employee peer reviews, provides email notifications to review participants and provides instant feedback. Visit Halogen e360, an employee performance management technology firm, for Web-based applications that streamline the 360 review process.

Use 360 degree review programs for management, consultants and others

Look for 360 degree review systems that are designed specifically for those whose performances can really make or break the company (and the other employees) - the management. Confidential 360 review assessments allow employees (who would otherwise be afraid of speaking freely) to offer feedback on the performance of company leaders.

I recommend: 360 Degree Feedback System's customizable content and automated processes help you do 360 degree performance reviews of consultants, managers, HR professionals and enterprise-level organizations. The leadership assessment survey outlines each participant's performance, strengths, and weaknesses as a leader/manager. Check out The Leadership Culture Survey to assess your company's leaders.

Find 360 degree review options in employee performance management software packages

Some employee performance software offers the 360 degree review as a feature. With a 360 review feature, you can input the collected information into your employee performance software for a well-rounded analysis of that person's strengths and weaknesses.

I recommend: The Checkpoint Peer Review offers an ongoing process of confidential reviews that covers 70 specific job skills, which fall into eight major "skill clusters" and 18 "skill groups."