360 DEGREES OF LEADERSHIPPerhaps those readers who are fans of
The Sling and the Stone recall that the author,
Colonel Thomas X. Hammes, was a passionate advocate of fundamental reform for the military's personnel system for review and promotion. One of his suggestions in his critique was the adoption of a 360 degree system of review. I found the concept intriguing since it has obvious application for any complex organization - corporations, universities, government agencies, public schools - any entity where the old, bureaucratic, "
zero-defects"
review system has run its course.
After
yesterday's post, I decided to go find out more about the 360 degree concept and picked up
this:
This isn't a scholarly book - mostly of the business self-help variety - and it looks like a quick read. Enough for a general overview or introduction at least. If the arguments in here are persuasive enough to merit a second look, I'll root out some of the academic psych literature behind it.