Self assessment Bill Hutchins & A J Kendrick 1

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. 2

What is an Assessment? Appraisal Evaluation Measurement Judgment Review Consideration Opinion Determination

Assessments Measure: Performance Progress 4

Assessments Help us See Past Present Future 5

What Assessments Have You Done Since Starting the Course? Daily Patrol Troop Meetings PLC 6 Patrol Project Overall Course

We Assess Ourselves Everyday We measure ourselves against: 7 * Other People * Other Teams * Other Companies * Social Standards

Why do we need Self Assessments? 8

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 12

So, how did I do? You scarred them for life! 13 A much more complete picture comes through receiving feedback from others

How do we change? 14 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. 17

Tips for Receiving Feedback Seek out feedback Listen carefully, actively, empathetically Notice how you feel 18

Consider feedback to be a gift, it truly is! 19

How do we get unbiased feedback? 20

Sometimes, you have to ask for your gift. 21

360 Degree Assessment 22

What is a 360 Degree Assessment? Comes from all directions A more formal feedback method Stakeholders – interested parties Evaluates goals Continuous performance improvement method 23

Steps for Developing and Using a 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 24

What Do You Want to Know? How do you want to improve? What do you want to know about your performance? Are they “SMART” 25

Find a Facilitator 26

Develop an Assessment Survey Survey should cover goals to be assessed Goals are SMART Questions relate to goals Pick answer approach 27

Survey Answers Start, Stop, Continue Green Light, Yellow Light, Red Light Way to Go, Way to Grow 28

Identify Stakeholders Pick 5-10 stakeholders Various backgrounds Assurance of privacy to stakeholders Returning the survey to facilitator 29

Scouting Stakeholders Council Charter Org. Scouts & Leaders District Unit Committee Parents Commissioner Community You 30

Have facilitator compile results Meet! Discuss Avenues for change Discuss Results with Facilitator 31

Make adjustments as needed Reassessment is key Commit to Improvement 32

Steps for Developing and Using a 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 33

Review Self Assessment Maximizes your leadership potential Develop a 360 degree assessment An avenue for receiving feedback 34

Go get Your Gift! 35