360 degree feedback has many positive aspects and many proponents. The 1999 State of the Industry Report, from the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), reviewed the training practices of more than 750 firms. Fifty-five firms, described by ASTD as leading edge in their training approaches, rely heavily onemployee feedback, including360 degree feedbackand peer review, for individual development plans and annualperformance reviews. According to ASTD, 75 percent of these companies provided individual development plans, and 33 percentprovided 360 degree feedback for most of their employees in 1998, compared to 50percent and 10percentin 1997.