360 Degree Feedback Form Template

A 360 degree feedback form collects performance evaluations from multiple sources: a person's manager, peers, direct reports, and the individual themselves. The goal is to build a well-rounded view of someone's strengths, development areas, and workplace behaviors by gathering perspectives from every direction, not one.

It surfaces blind spots that traditional top-down reviews miss. People often behave differently with their manager than with their peers or reports. By collecting feedback from all angles, you get a more accurate, actionable picture. It also builds a culture of openness and shared accountability, and gives employees richer input for their development plans.

• Rating scales for communication, collaboration, leadership, and problem-solving
• Open-ended question: "What does this person do well that they should keep doing?"
• Open-ended question: "What's one area where this person could improve?"
• How effectively does this person handle conflict or disagreement?
• Does this person follow through on commitments?
• Self-assessment section: "How would you rate your own performance in these areas?"

Anonymity is critical. Make it clear to participants that their individual responses won't be shared with the person being reviewed, only aggregated themes and scores. Remove identifying fields from the output, and require a minimum number of responses per category before sharing results. When people trust the process, the feedback quality goes up dramatically.

Most organizations run them annually or semi-annually, aligned with their performance review cycle. Running them too frequently can cause survey fatigue, but waiting too long means feedback becomes stale. Some teams use lighter-weight quarterly check-ins and reserve the full 360 for mid-year and year-end reviews.