如何准确地自我评价
Note that you don’t get the real picture with a 360-degree assessment simply because there isn’t such thing as “the real picture”. Results won’t be more “real picture” than your self-assessment. Reality can’t be framed, as each person who perceives you has a share of it. But at least, results will tell you how others see you. And this is crucial for a leader, as “others” precisely are the ones supposed to follow you.
These results may come as a shock to you. This is because your EI as seen by people who know you is usually lower than your EI as you see it. But at least you will know what to work on if you want to change the way you are perceived.
360-degree EI assessments are not cheap but are very valuable. There are plenty of different versions in the market. I would recommend two of them for leaders who would like to apply the results to their leadership practice: the 360-degree version of the EQ-I (same website as the one mentioned above) and the Emotional Competence Inventory 360 (ECI 360 %26ndash; for more information, see www.haygroup.com/TL). Please note that in both cases you will need to hire a consultant to interpret the results.
Here is one word of caution if you are considering using a 360-degree assessment. It will be useless if there is a lack of trust in your company or in your team. If participants to the survey have the slightest doubt that their answers will be traced back and eventually used against them, they will protect themselves by giving you very high ratings. Results would become meaningless. Building high trust is a vast topic that would require a whole book, but let's mention here that one of the keys to make a 360-degree assessment meaningful is to explain the process clearly and give a strong guarantee of total confidentiality.
Even with such precautions, in some companies, due to the company culture or to particular events (a temporary leadership crisis, for instance), the level of trust is too low to conduct a valid 360-degree assessment. It can be the case in some companies in Mainland China, where, in the past, particularly during the Cultural Revolution, people were invited to give honest feedback and were severely repressed right after. The Cultural Revolution took place 40 years ago but its impact on mentalities still linger.
There would be much more to say on assessing EI, but to keep this E-zine easy to read for busy people like you, I will have to limit it to less than 1000 words. In case you have any question, feel free to contact me. I’d be happy to help.
*Harrison Assessments is a comprehensive employment suitability assessment tool used by progressive companies.
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