--- title: 360 – how often is too often? description: The benefits of moving to an on-line 360 or performance review process --- [![HeadLight-logo-from LF for website](https://blog.head-light.co.uk/hubfs/HeadLight_Sep2016/HeadLight-logo-from%20LF%20for%20website.png)](https://head-light.co.uk/) - [About Us](https://head-light.co.uk/what-makes-head-light-different/) ### [Our Clients Our clients come from industry, justice, government and not for profit sectors.](https://head-light.co.uk/our-clients/) ### [Case Studies Find out what people have said about Head Light and how we have helped.](https://blog.head-light.co.uk/case-studies) ### [Client Charter We like to be clear and upfront in how we work – and how we won’t work. 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Based on the experience both of our Head of Psychology and the feedback from customers as to what works for them, we’d recommend this to be every 12-18 months as a minimum. Any more often than this and you may start to see a less effective 360 feedback emerge. Why is this?  Two main reasons. 1. People tend to get **‘rater fatigue’** when they're constantly being asked to fill in 360- degree questionnaires. 2. You need to allow **sufficient time between reviews** for people to make the behavioural changes identified or to plan and engage with any personal development which comes out of the 360 feedback session.  There’s likely to be little shift in the behaviour and therefore the ratings in just, say, 3 months. But even if it isn’t the time to complete a full 360 degree feedback questionnaire, it’s worthwhile gathering on-going, regular feedback at critical points. For this reason, both our [Talent Performance](https://head-light.co.uk/products/talent-performance/) and [Talent Advance](https://head-light.co.uk/products/talent-advance/) modules from our on-line talent management Talent® system include a ‘Get Feedback' function. This enables people to get more informal, immediate 'pulse' feedback on things that have just happened or on areas they're developing. This is usually shorter, qualitative, aimed at a small number of people and related to one or two specific questions, which doesn't create the rater fatigue that 3 month full-360s would. To talk about this more, why not get in touch. 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