Self assessment

Bill Hutchins

&

A J Kendrick

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Objectives

• Understand the importance of self assessment in maximizing your leadership potential.

• View self assessment as a valuable avenue for receiving feedback.

• Build your own tools for self assessment in Scouting and other leadership situations.

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What is an Assessment?

• Appraisal

• Evaluation

• Measurement

• Judgment

• Review

• Consideration

• Opinion

• Determination

Assessments Measure:

PerformanceProgress

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AssessmentsHelp us See

Past Present Future

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What Assessments Have You Done Since Starting the Course?

• Daily Patrol

• Troop Meetings

• PLC

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• Patrol Project• Overall Course

We Assess Ourselves Everyday

We measure ourselves against:

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* Other People* Other Teams* Other Companies* Social Standards

Why do we need Self Assessments?

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We have Limitations to Listening to ourselves

Meow….Roar

We see things from our Perspective

We see things from our Background and History

So, how did I do?

Dude – YOU ROCK!

We see things the way we want them rather than the way they are

BEST

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So, how did I do?

You scarred them for life!

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A much more complete picture comes through receiving feedback from others

How do we change?

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FEEDBACK

Tips for Giving Feedback

• Is it helpful?

• Do others want it?

• Can it change a behavior?

• Is it specific?15

Tips for Giving Feedback

• Does it describe a behavior?

• How does it impact you?

• Does it contain an “I” statement?

• Did the recipient understand you?16

You can give caring feedback without a good technique,

but the slickest technique in the world will not hide a lack

of caring.

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Tips for Receiving Feedback

Seek

out

feed

back

Listen carefully, actively, empathetically

Notice how you feel

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Consider feedback

to be a gift, it truly is!

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How do we get unbiased feedback?

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Sometimes, you have to ask for your gift.

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360 Degree Assessment

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What is a360 Degree Assessment?

• Comes from all directions

• A more formal feedback method

• Stakeholders – interested parties

• Evaluates goals

• Continuous performance improvement method

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Steps for Developing and Usinga 360 Degree Assessment Review

• What do you want to know?

• Find a facilitator

• Develop an assessment survey

• Identify stakeholders

• Discuss results with facilitator

• Commit to improvement

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What Do You Want to Know?

• How do you want to improve?

• What do you want to know about your performance?

• Are they “SMART”

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Find a Facilitator

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Develop an Assessment Survey

• Survey should cover goals to be assessed

• Goals are SMART

• Questions relate to goals

• Pick answer approach

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Survey Answers

• Start, Stop, Continue

• Green Light, Yellow Light, Red Light

• Way to Go, Way to Grow

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Identify Stakeholders

• Pick 5-10 stakeholders• Various backgrounds

• Assurance of privacy to stakeholders

• Returning the survey to facilitator

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Scouting Stakeholders

CouncilCharter Org.

Scouts & Leaders

District

UnitCommittee

Parents

Commissioner

Community

You

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• Have facilitator compile results

• Meet!• Discuss Avenues for

change

Discuss Results with Facilitator

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• Make adjustments as needed

• Reassessment is key

Commit to Improvement

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Steps for Developing and Usinga 360 Degree Assessment Review

• What do you want to know?

• Find a facilitator

• Develop an assessment survey

• Identify Stakeholders

• Discuss results with facilitator

• Commit to improvement

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Review Self Assessment

• Maximizes your leadership potential

• Develop a 360 degree assessment

• An avenue for receiving feedback

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Go get Your Gift!

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