Business Acumen- 360 Degree Feedback Survey Sample #6

360-Degree Assessment Survey

Dear Employee:

You have been selected to provide feedback on the employee listed above. Your feedback is an important part of our company's leadership development process and this survey is intended to gather broad feedback in the core competencies and role responsibilities that are important for the on-going success of our organization.

In responding to the questions below, think about your experiences working with this employee over the last twelve months. The effectiveness of this development tool is dependent on your honest, forthright and constructive responses so please bear this in mind as you answer each question. Your responses will be aggregated with the responses received from others and discussed with the employee to foster growth and on-going development.

We encourage everyone to complete the survey. Please be honest, constructive and thoughtful in your input. The survey is designed to help us understand more about your thoughts and needs to make this a great company.

The results of this survey will be used to help drive our future success. We will report back to you about what you have said and what we plan to do about it. If you have any questions about the process please contact [Contact Person].

Please ensure that your submission is made between . The survey will only be available during these dates.

Thank you for your participation in the survey. We look forward to seeing the analysis of your responses and we are hoping for 100% participation.

Management Team

Business Acumen	Needs Significant Improvement	Could benefit from Development	Capable and Effective	Role Model
Effectively develops and uses resources (people, time, money, supplies, equipment, and space) to improve organizational performance
Understands and applies business and financial principles.
Considers impact of actions on other areas of the organization.
Knows how to use financial information to make an impact on the organization.
Views problems from a business perspective, opportunity, investment, risks, and anticipated results
Strategic Focus	Needs Significant Improvement	Could benefit from Development	Capable and Effective	Role Model
Maintains a strategic focus on external factors impacting the success of the company.
Creates a strategy to pursue and maintain a competitive advantage in business.
Monitors performance of each market within the Area, utilizing reports to ensure sales growth, cost management, and profitability targets are met.
Ensures the department has a viable strategy for moving forward.
Inspires employees to adopt the strategic plan.
Administrative Skill	Needs Significant Improvement	Could benefit from Development	Capable and Effective	Role Model
Implements and uses performance measures.
Takes responsibility for decisions.
Has strong technical/computer skills.
High attention to detail.
Able to develop, justify and present a budget.
Technology Use/Management	Needs Significant Improvement	Could benefit from Development	Capable and Effective	Role Model
Adopts the implementation of new technology into the workplace.
Supports technical training and development of employees.
Identifies gaps between actual and needed technical competencies and provides recommendations for required training.
Understands and is committed to implementing new technologies.
Uses technology in decision making and problem solving.
Passion To Learn	Needs Significant Improvement	Could benefit from Development	Capable and Effective	Role Model
Constantly enhances product knowledge through experimentation and play.
Exhibits willingness to upgrade skills through additional training and education.
Is open minded and curious about learning new skills.
Demonstrates through personal behavior the commitment to high standards of performance.
Takes initiative for own learning and development.
Managing Risk	Needs Significant Improvement	Could benefit from Development	Capable and Effective	Role Model
Evaluates risks against acceptable risk levels.
Creates a risk management strategy for the organization.
Tracks risks in a project.
Creates a risk profile for projects and teams.
Accurately determines appropriate risk levels (i.e., levels of acceptable risk).
Partnering/Networking	Needs Significant Improvement	Could benefit from Development	Capable and Effective	Role Model
Forges mutually beneficial relationships between individuals with diverse backgrounds.
Creates the conditions for partnerships to grow and develop.
Collaborates with others to accomplish goals and objectives.
Partners with peers to obtain influence within the Company.
Maintains infrastructure to support partnerships and networks.

36. Overall, please rate the effectiveness of [Participant Name Here].
    

    5- Very Effective 4- Effective 3- Neither 2- Ineffective 1- Very Ineffective

    
    
37. Describe the greatest strengths of this person with regard to his/her overall effectiveness in performing his/her current responsibilities.
    
    
    
38. Describe the most important things this person could improve upon in order to increase his/her overall effectiveness in performing his/her current responsibilities.
    
    
    
39. Additional comments, if any for [Participant Name Here]'s assessment.