Your Blind Spots

Everyone has blind spots — skills you think are strong that others see differently. The 360-degree method surfaces them. Ask the same few questions of people above, beside, and below you, then line up their answers next to your own self-rating. Wherever their view diverges from yours, a blind spot is hiding.

The most revealing blind spots involve communication style — you may think you are direct while others experience you as blunt or dismissive instead. Multiple-source data saves years of wondering why a promotion stalled.