What is the value of combining 360 feedback with personality assessment?
The combination of 360 feedback with personality assessment can provide an individual with self-understanding that would be difficult to achieve in other ways. It also helps a coach gain deeper insight for assessment and development purposes. Personality testing can show a person’s potential “fit” with a job or an organization and what motivates them to succeed. Validated 360 feedback shows what a person does and how their behaviors impact others. The combination of these perspectives offers these benefits: • Individuals better understand their own personality and motivations. • They understand how their skills are perceived by others. • Coaches are equipped with well rounded material for feedback sessions. • Reporting and interpretation can be unified. • This combined assessment supports internal promotion decisions or can be used for training and development. Research shows that realistic self-awareness is a major asset in career development — and helpful in the prevention of career
We’ve seen some benefits of combining a personality SELF assessment and a 360 feedback assessment. Personality assessments are often designed to measure preference, temperament, intention, understanding — internal motivators — which lend themselves well to a self evaluation. Effective 360 degree surveys are most often designed around observable, measurable behaviors that coworkers could reasonably be expected to have seen or heard and can comment on. In combination, these two types of assessments can be very useful talent management tools.
Bonnie Williamson
Star 360 Feedback
