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AUA: Why 360 Feedback Breaks Down in Leadership Teams

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Sep 29, 2025
This week, the hosts tackle a pressing listener question about managing unfavorable 360 peer feedback among leadership teams. They discuss how power struggles arise and the detrimental 'Hunger Games' mentality it creates. Adopting Patrick Lencioni's 'First Team' mindset can help leaders foster cohesion and shift focus from personal conflict to organizational design issues. The conversation emphasizes the CEO's role in defining acceptable behavior and aligning incentives to encourage collaboration over competition.
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INSIGHT

First Team Mindset

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ADVICE

Shift To Organizational Systems

  • Shift conversations from personalities to organization systems that produce the behavior you dislike.
  • Diagnose OS patterns so the team can do something concrete instead of debating motives.
ANECDOTE

CEO Reframe: Everyone's Responsibility

  • Rodney shares a CEO who framed every employee as "all of their responsibility," shifting ownership across the leadership team.
  • That reframe quickly changed how leaders thought about internal competition and accountability.
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