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Call in to ask any question you may have in personal or professional development. It is easy, call 1.712.432.3900 at 9a PST | 12 noon EST | 5p London, March 5th, 2010 Email us for your access code: Coaches @ CoachingCircles.com (no spaces) via phone
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360-Degree Feedback ~ Best Practices to Ensure Impact Center for Creative Leadership
The 360-degree feedback process, in which subordinates, peers, bosses and /or customers provide behavioral and performance feedback to recipients, has become pervasive in management and human resource development practices.
Reported statistics on 360-degree use suggest that it has gone from almost unheard of in the 1980s to widespread use in 2000. There are many diverse claims regarding the benefits and impact of 360-degree feedback.
This article presents best practices that can ensure positive impact. These suggestions are based on a review of literature that addresses 360-degree impact and behavioral change.
Getting 360-Degree Feedback Right by Maury A. Peiperl via HBR
Over the past decade, 360-degree feedback has revolutionized performance management. But one of its components--peer appraisal--consistently stymies executives and can exacerbate bureaucracy, heighten political tensions, and consume lots of time.
Leadership Skills & Emotional Intelligence Benchmarks by The Center for Creative Leadership Emotional intelligence has become a popular topic in the business press in recent years. Although we have not used the term “emotional intelligence”, the Center for Creative Leadership has helped many leaders understand and develop emotional intelligence competencies for over thirty years.
One way that they have successfully helped managers move beyond intellectual know-how and expand their emotional intelligence is through Benchmarks, a multi-rater feedback tool.
“What is DISC?” DiscProfile.com
DISC is the oldest personal assessment used to improve lives, relationships, work productivity and communication. It is a personality behaviorial testing profiling using a 4 dimensional model. free explanation
“Personal Assessment” by Accompli
Those who would change their organizations must to be open to their own transformation. Assess your competence relative to the human dimension (intangible resources) and develop a self- improvement plan. ppt., free
“Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI) Basics” MyersBriggs.org
The purpose of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI) personality inventory is to make the theory of psychological types described by C. G. Jung understandable and useful in people’s lives. The essence of the theory is that much seemingly random variation in the behavior is actually quite orderly and consistent, being due to basic difference in the way individual prefer to use their perception and judgment.
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“One of the leaders in assessment instruments.” Center for Creative Leadership
The Center for Creative Leadership is a nonprofit educational institution that serves as an international resource for increasing the leadership capabilities of individuals and organizations from across the public, private and nonprofit sectors. some free materials
The Mindful Brain: Reflection and Attunement in the Cultivation of Well-Being
BOOK: Learn how meditation and mindfulness can increase well-being and can even create long-lasthing physical changes in the brain.
Out in Psychology: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer Perspectives
BOOK: The latest thinking in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans psychology.
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HEALTH / NUTRITION: The Living to 100 Life Expectancy Calculator uses the most current and carefully researched medical and scientific data in order to estimate how old you will live to be.
360-Degree Feedback ~ 
Getting 360-Degree Feedback Right by Maury A. Peiperl via HBR 
Leadership Skills & Emotional Intelligence Benchmarks 
