Gathering feedback from those that know you and work with you can be extremely helpful, whether you are focusing on making yourself more promotable, preparing for a performance review, or analyzing your leadership style. In order to grow professionally, you can benefit from other's insight, as they may see things you are not aware of. How do you gather feedback?

• Set up one-on-one meetings with a few of your colleagues.

• Ask for feedback regarding your interpersonal skills, job performance and any other feedback you feel is important. This feedback should focus on you and describe what they see as your strengths and potential weaknesses.

• Take your colleagues' comments and conduct a self-assessment. Map out a plan on how you can use your strengths to better the organization and spend time evaluating and improving your weaknesses.