FREE WEBINAR
TALENT INNOVATIONS FEEDBACK FORUM
PROFOUND INSIGHTS | DEEP IMPACT
Led by Elva Ainsworth
The secrets of a truly developmental 360
How ownership-led design turns feedback into insight, engagement, and real behaviour change
Many organisations run 360 feedback with the best of intentions – yet participants still experience it as something done to them. Reviewers play safe, insight is diluted, and development stalls.
So what changes when a 360 genuinely becomes someone’s own?
In this practical, design-led webinar, we’ll share the often invisible design choices that transform a 360 from a compliance exercise into a powerful, personalised development experience — one that increases honesty, reduces defensiveness, and builds real commitment to change.
What's covered
In this session, we’ll explore:
- Why a technically robust 360 can fail to generate true engagement
- How early framing and positioning shape openness, trust, and reviewer candour
- The role of ipsative and forced-choice approaches in moving people out of “rating mode” and into meaningful reflection
- Using a discovery-based methodology, sequencing themes and insights in a particular way that builds curiosity and minimises resistance
- Why the order in which topics are explored can dramatically change how feedback is received
- The power of participant-authored questions — how allowing individuals to add their own focus question shifts the 360 from “about me” to “for me”
- Why this single design choice often transforms ownership, reviewer honesty, and depth of insight
- Designing feedback conversations that surface understanding, not defensiveness
- Where AI can support sense-making and reflection — without replacing human judgement
Who it's for
HR, OD and L&D professionals, leadership consultants and coaches who want their 360 processes to feel fair, thoughtful, and genuinely developmental – for both the organisation and the individual.
You’ll leave with practical design principles and immediately usable ideas, whether you design 360s in-house, work with providers, or support leaders through feedback and coaching.
What's included
Real design examples, participant-led scenarios, and live discussion.
Format
FREE 60-minute interactive webinar
This session is a natural companion to the earlier webinar:
Building your own 360: designed by you, powered by us.
