Unlock powerful performance insights with 360 Feedback assessments
Get a fuller picture of the potential behind performance
With Thomas’ 360 Degree Feedback assessment, you can view development opportunities from every angle. It brings together insights from managers, peers, direct reports and key stakeholders, and turns them into meaningful, actionable feedback.
The result? A more balanced, practical view of individual potential that supports growth where it matters most.
What is a 360 Degree Feedback Assessment?
A 360 Degree Feedback Assessment is a comprehensive evaluation of individual performance, gathering feedback from multiple perspectives - including managers, peers, direct reports, and sometimes clients or other stakeholders. These perspectives are then used to complete a picture of an individual’s strengths and opportunities for growth.
Thomas' assessment goes one step further than others, comparing self-perception with the perceptions of others, revealing personal blind spots, and highlighting strengths that might otherwise go unnoticed. This multi-perspective approach creates a more balanced and complete picture than traditional single-source evaluations.
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Personalised, actionable feedback
The Thomas 360 Degree Feedback assessment gives you the clarity and context you need to support meaningful growth – for individuals, teams, and your wider organisation.
- Identify blind spots that top-down assessment methodologies miss
- Create targeted, data-driven development plans at any level
- Build a culture of constructive feedback and continuous improvement
Flexible assessment framework
360 Degree Feedback can easily be tailored to suit your needs. Choose from:
- Expert-designed competency templates or your own frameworks
- Customise assessments to reflect organisational values and priorities
- Generate clear, actionable reports to fuel personal development conversations
- Compare self-perception with the perceptions of others to reveal blind spots
- Track progress over time with optional reassessments
Our approach
Our 360 Degree Feedback assessment gathers feedback on professional competencies across your organisation. We provide a view of individual performance, and give actionable insights that support balanced professional development:
- Feedback is collated from managers, peers, and direct reports
- Anonymous responses encourage candid, honest feedback
- We visualise results in easily digestible reports, making clear recommendations for the future
Strategic applications
360 Degree Feedback Assessments can support you in strategically developing your people in many areas, including:
- Leadership development: Identify capability gaps and create focused improvement plans that work
- Strengthen teams: Improve collaboration through better understanding of collective strengths and areas for growth
- Talent management: Support career progression decisions with objective, multi-source data that helps you get it right
- Performance improvement: Target development resources where they'll have maximum impact
- Cultural development: Create a feedback-rich environment that encourages continuous growth
How can Thomas help with 360 Degree Feedback?
What next? We help you embed the solution by providing training to your team, and support administration of the assessment through our platform. Once up and running, our system does most of the hard work for you, generating detailed reports, highlighting areas of agreement and discrepancies, facilitating meaningful discussions and action planning for individual and organisational development.
"By undertaking the Behaviour assessment followed by the 360 Degree assessment, it notably helped to remove the anxiety around new found responsibilities for many of the managers, and helped them to realise that we were all in it together"
Julie Pegg, HR Business Partner - Siemens
A scientific approach
Thomas’ 360 Feedback assessment is grounded in years of research and used across thousands of organisations. Created with the collaboration of the original creator, it represents the gold standard in assessment for complex projects and teams.
- Validated predictive models refined through decades of data
- Continuous research adapting to evolving workplace demands
- Practical application focused on real-world outcomes
Frequently asked questions about 360 Feedback
How do 360 Degree Feedback assessments work?
The Thomas 360 Degree Feedback Assessment works through a structured, confidential process:
- Competency selection: Choose from our expert-designed competency frameworks or create your own to reflect your organisation's specific needs
- Participant selection: Identify the individuals being assessed and select appropriate feedback providers across different relationships (managers, peers, direct reports, etc.)
- Feedback collection: Both the individual and reviewers complete a confidential online assessment, rating the individual across selected competencies using a 1-7 scale and providing qualitative comments
- Report generation: Our system compiles the anonymous feedback into a comprehensive report that highlights patterns, strengths, and development areas
- Insight analysis: The report clearly displays any gaps between self-perception and others' perceptions, providing powerful insights for personal development. The assessed individual and their manager can then discuss the results
All feedback remains anonymous (except for the manager's feedback, if desired). This encourages honest, constructive input that drives meaningful development.
Why use our 360 Degree Feedback Assessment?
Research shows that organisations implementing well designed 360 feedback processes see measurable improvements in leadership effectiveness, team collaboration, and overall performance. Thomas' 360 Degree Feedback Assessment delivers significant strategic advantages:
- Reduced evaluation bias: Multiple perspectives provide a more balanced view of performance than any single source can offer
- Enhanced self-awareness: Many leaders are unaware of how their behaviours impact others; 360 Degree Feedback Assessments can provide this crucial insight
- Strengthen your development focus: Identify specific, observable behaviours that can be measured rather than vague performance concepts
- Improve accountability: Creates clear visibility of strengths and development areas across an individual’s network
- Build a feedback culture: Normalise constructive feedback and self improvement as part of everyday operations, not just annual reviews
- Support succession planning: Gain objective data that supports identification of high-potential employees and future leaders
- Enhance team effectiveness: Help team members understand how their behaviours affect colleagues and overall performance
How can 360-degree feedback help with staff retention?
360 Degree Feedback has a real impact on retention and development.
It helps employees understand where they shine and where they can grow, with clear, personalised feedback that drives targeted development.
Used well, it strengthens manager relationships, supports career progression, and shows employees you’re serious about their growth.
360-degree feedback directly impacts staff retention and development in several powerful ways:
- Personalised development: Helps you create highly targeted development plans based on specific feedback rather than generic training programs.
- Clarity on career progression: Provides clear insights into competency gaps that may be limiting career advancement.
- Increases engagement: Employees who receive regular, balanced feedback are 3.6x more likely to feel engaged and motivated.
- Provides recognition: Highlights strengths and contributions that might be overlooked in traditional performance reviews.
- Demonstrable investment: Shows a tangible commitment to employee growth and development, a key driver of retention.
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