360-Degree Feedback

B2 · Upper-intermediate1 hr 6 minBusiness EnglishLesson 7 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: write and deliver 360 feedback — upward about your manager, sideways about your peers — that is honest, specific, and safe to put your name near.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Rating your boss

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: The most dangerous text box at work

    Read a 242-word text about The most dangerous text box at work

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: 360-Degree Feedback Vocabulary

    6 items

  3. Framework6 min

    Framework: COIN Feedback Conversation Framework

    COIN: Context-Observation-Impact-Next Steps, 4 steps

  4. Reading10 min

    Reading: Three model 360 performances

    Read a 351-word text about Three model 360 performances

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Match 360 Feedback Concepts

    Matching exercise, 6 items

  6. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Your manager asks for the truth

    Role-play: Your manager has just received their 360 report and asks you, face to face, for honest feedback. (3 lines)

  7. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: the comment you'd really submit

    3 discussion questions

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