It’s been 10 years since I co-authored the HBR article “Making Yourself Indispensable,” with John H. Zenger and Joseph Folkman. In the article we provided a model to get useful and actionable feedback on one’s leadership effectiveness, and how to uniquely develop your strengths in those areas.
Encourage Your Employees to Give You Critical Feedback
An informal 360 review will help you grow as a leader and build mutual trust with your team.
August 02, 2021
Summary.
Most people are incredibly loath to say anything negative, and it will take some serious effort on your part to enable the people you work with to tell you the truth about yourself — the good, the bad, and the ugly. Building off of his decade-old HBR article, “Making Yourself Indispensable” with John H. Zenger and Joseph Folkman, the author offers suggestions for how to make the informal 360 more productive.
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