360-degree management feedback

The completion of 360-degree management feedback will contribute to:

• A thorough and systematic feedback to the individual manager from employees, managerial colleagues, partners and immediate manager
• Dialogue and matching of expectations regarding the managerial task
• Development of a personal action plan
• A common language about leadership at SDU

The data collection for 360-degree management feedback is conducted as a web-based questionnaire (in Danish). Each question is answered by a points system, in which 0 means adequate and +1 and +2 mean too much, while -1 and -2 mean too little.

The questionnaire is founded on the 4 perspectives of SDU’s leadership compass. There are a total of 29 questions. It is possible to provide justifications after each perspective.

For management feedback, the manager, in consultation with their immediate superior, has selected a number of respondents who are representative of the focus person’s interface:

• A minimum of 4 and a maximum of 15 employees with whom the focus person either has the formal competence to hold performance and development reviews or has, e.g. a professional management responsibility towards, on the basis of the following principles:

1. That different staff groups and functions are represented.
2. That a real reflection of the employee group’s gender composition is ensured.
3. That both experienced and new employees participate.
4. That the respondents have knowledge of the focus person and assess that the respondents can provide qualified feedback on the person’s leadership.

• 3-6 management colleagues and/or partners. The word colleague is understood here in a broad sense, e.g. it can be a peer and/or professional colleague or other sparring partner. Partners can be both internal and external.


• Immediate superior.