You received a questionnaire?

Why you were asked

The person who invited you wants to know how they are perceived by the people around them, to understand their strengths and where they can grow. Your point of view is something they cannot see for themselves.

How to answer

The most useful feedback is not the most flattering. Aim for answers that are:

• Honest: say what you really think, not what would please.
• Transparent: say it plainly, without hiding behind vague words.
• Constructive: describe what you observed and what would help, rather than judging the person.
• Useful: an example is worth more than an adjective.

If a question is about something you cannot judge, you can say so: that answer is recorded as such and counts for nothing in the figures.

What happens to your answers

Perspective 360 stands between you and the person you give feedback about, so that you can be sincere.

• They never receive your individual answers. They see figures that combine several people's answers, and sometimes quotes — never “here is what you said”.
• A figure is shown only when enough people answered. The platform never shows a result for fewer than three people in your group, and the campaign may require more. Below that, nothing is displayed: no average, no count, no breakdown.
• Your identity is kept apart from your answers. What you wrote is not stored next to your name or address.
• The organizer cannot see who answered. They know how many people did, not which ones, and no one is told that you did not answer.
• A coach may read the answers, never who wrote them. Where the organization allowed it, the coach who supports the person can read the answers and the relationship they were given under (for example “colleague”), but never an identity, and every reading is recorded.

The full details are on the page Who sees what.

Why an intermediary changes the answers

In an ordinary questionnaire, the person receives each answer and so tends to receive what is comfortable. Here, an intermediary combines the answers and protects the people who give them: that is what makes it possible to say what you really think.

You can change your mind

As long as the campaign is open, you can edit your answers or withdraw them entirely.