Ratings and rankings and feedback, Oh My!

"You're a life coach. My cousin's a life coach!" she declared.

-- "No," I explained. "I'm an executive coach. We work on the business and people strategy, yet you can't separate, silo, or fragment leaders from their lives."

"So you do 360-degree feedback assessments?"

-- "NO."

"Training?"

-- "NO."

"Team building?"

-- "NO."

"Personality tests? Myers Briggs, DISC? 5Dynamics? Social Styles?"

-- "NO!! Before learning about living systems, I did ALL those things - that was best in class. But I've evolved and can't go back given what I know now."

☝️☝️ Above was a real (and typical) conversation. ☝️☝️

Explaining a Developmental approach to leadership is so new, so ancient so nontraditional, it requires un-learning our autopilot assumptions.

Specifically... consider the annual performance review process.

I rolled out new ones in four different companies... called each one MAP!

We taught managers to rate employees and give feedback.

However... check the video from Marcus Buckingham below to see what the research says about our accuracy and effectiveness!

Ratings and Rankings and Feedback, Oh My!