We've been helping organizations run 360 assessments and teamwork assessments (peer feedback) for over 3 years now. Some of the users for our 360 services have included corporations like Sony Ericsson, the London Health Sciences Center and the Environmental Protection Agency as well as business schools like Carnegie Mellon, Vanderbilt and the University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler Business School.) We provide the hosted assessment and reporting platform along with help-desk and support services.
We've learnt a few things during the course of administering thousands of surveys:
1. People dislike very long survey instruments. 15 minutes seem to be the maximum that people can be coaxed into giving for an activity like a teamwork assessment or a 360.
2. The law of diminishing marginal utility kicks in and the insight derived from each additional item on a survey instrument diminishes (in other words, more questions don't necessarily yield significantly greater insight.)
Thus, we've decided to put up a 15 minute teamwork assessment and 15 minute 360 survey for use by managers who want some quick insight into the functioning of their teams. The instrument has been created by the Owen School which has graciously provided us with the permission to share the instrument with others. We've made signing up and getting started real easy. And we hope the reports (including a Johari Style report) will be insightful.
Do take a look ... 15 minutes could change the future of your team or your company.
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