Just came across this post at the FastCompany blog. Rob Medich thinks that Kevin Rollins at Dell getting feedback from his direct reports is a fascinating new phenomenon and wishes all companies did this. He thinks “It’s a concept that could revolutionize workplace effectiveness.” And he’s right, IT ALREADY IS.

When you’re involved with this stuff every day, you forget that not everyone is on the Performance Management train yet. Everyone intuitively knows that it’s important, and when they hear about aspects of it, they understand immediately. There is often a WOW factor – “You mean I can do THAT!”

360 Feedback is here and now and happening all over the place. At places like Marriott, Macromedia, MasterCard, T. Rowe Price, Kimberly-Clark and Wachovia (which happen to be customers) – “360″ feedback is an important part of their review process.

All Aboard!