The Science and Art of Leadership: Unleashing Potential Through 360° Feedback

Leadership isn’t about metaphors or rowing analogies. It’s about self-awareness, accountability, and action. The 360° Leadership Assessment is a tool that delivers real-world results by helping leaders identify their blind spots, align their actions with their values, and elevate their impact. Here’s how it works:

What is a 360° Leadership Assessment?

It’s straightforward: you get feedback from everyone who interacts with you—peers, subordinates, supervisors, and yourself. It’s like a mirror that reflects not just how you think you lead, but how others actually experience your leadership. The goal is to bridge the gap between perception and reality.

The power of the Leadership Circle Profile lies in its ability to deliver actionable insights that drive tangible results. By identifying both creative competencies and reactive tendencies, the LCP provides a comprehensive roadmap for personal and professional development. Leaders gain a clear understanding of how their behaviours impact business performance, leading to more strategic decision-making and enhanced leadership effectiveness. The confidence boost from this clarity allows leaders to navigate complex organizational challenges with greater ease and achieve higher levels of performance, ultimately driving success and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

Why does it matter?

Studies show that leaders who seek feedback and act on it outperform those who don’t by significant margins. The Leadership Circle 360° Profile, for instance, uses data from over 1.5 million leaders worldwide to identify leadership behaviours and their direct impact on organizational success. Leaders who score high in competencies like creativity outperform their peers by up to 25% in critical metrics, such as market competitiveness and revenue growth.

The LCP delivers actionable insights that drive tangible results, identifying how behaviours impact business performance. This clarity boosts confidence, enabling leaders to achieve higher performance levels. The LCP fosters continuous improvement, allowing the leaders to maximize their potential and inspire their teams to achieve greater success.

Feedback in Action: A Case Study

Let's use a previous client as an example. We'll call her Jane. She's a healthcare leader who struggled to connect with her team despite her expertise. After completing a 360° review, she learned her team felt unheard and undervalued. Instead of brushing off the feedback, she acted. Jane prioritized listening, fostering collaboration, and aligning her leadership style with her core value of compassion. Six months later, her team was more engaged, patient care improved, and her department thrived.

The Power of Values-Based Leadership

The best leaders are clear about their values and use them as a compass. Research by Kouzes and Posner found that leaders who align their decisions with their values perform 40% better than those who don’t. Values provide clarity, consistency, and trust—essential ingredients for effective leadership.

Why You Should Try It

A 360° assessment uncovers blind spots, strengthens emotional intelligence, and drives accountability. It’s not just about fixing weaknesses—it’s about unlocking potential. When leaders act on feedback, they don’t just improve themselves; they elevate their teams, foster innovation, and drive meaningful change.

The Leadership Circle Profile stands on a robust foundation of empirical data, having surveyed over 200,000 leaders worldwide, evaluated by 3 million LCP evaluators, and amassing 300 million data points. This extensive dataset ensures that the LCP's insights are not only reliable but also globally relevant. The Institute for Psychological Research and Application confirms the internal consistency and validity of this measure for leadership development. Leaders who use the LCP are not relying on anecdotal evidence but on scientifically backed data that shows clear correlations between leadership behaviours and organizational outcomes, making it a statistically superior tool in the realm of leadership assessment.

Are you ready to take the next step? Let’s work together to uncover insights, align your leadership with your values, and achieve measurable results.

Let’s get started.

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Adam Kreek is on a mission to positively impact organizational cultures and leaders who make things happen.

He authored the bestselling business book, The Responsibility Ethic: 12 Strategies Exceptional People Use to Do the Work and Make Success Happen. 

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