Regular readers of this column will be all to familiar with the constant stream of gloom and doom about the future prospects for the planet - and the incompetence of the fuckwitts who run it.
This week, however, a new source of despair emerged from an unlikely source. New Scientist reported on how the planet's reserves of rare earths like iridium are becoming exhausted. Never heard of it? Well it is vital in minute quantities for the manufacture of computer chips and photovoltaic solar panels.
The prospect of losing our cheap supply of computer chips is more far reaching than most people realise. It will seriously hamper our ability to communicate and to process information. It is these very abilities which have enabled us to live on the planet in the numbers that we have. What's more nobody really knows how much of these precious minerals there are left - because up until now nobody has been counting.
Watch this space....
If you're wondering about my 360 degree feedback site - it's hanging on in there at number 20 on google.com.
Showing posts with label 360 degree appraisal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 360 degree appraisal. Show all posts
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Emotional Turmoil
One of the products that I offer on my 360 degree feedback site is for assessing Emotional Intelligence at Work. Anyone who has read Daniel Goleman's book will know that the main behavioural competencies involved in Emotional Intelligence are Self Awareness, Managing Emotions, Self Motivation, Managing Relationships and Emotion Coaching.
I often get queries about profiling Emotinal Intelligence - but the most important aspect seems to be lost on most people. you cannot assess Emotional Intelligence in isolation. It is largely to do with the way that people interract with each other and so to make any meaningful assessment you have to include the observations of other people.
That's where 360 appraisal, also known as multi-rater feedback comes in. The subject of the assessment fills in their own profile and then the same set of questions is given to a number of observers who know the subject well. Then you compare the subject's self assessment with what the observers had to say.
That really is the only way...
I often get queries about profiling Emotinal Intelligence - but the most important aspect seems to be lost on most people. you cannot assess Emotional Intelligence in isolation. It is largely to do with the way that people interract with each other and so to make any meaningful assessment you have to include the observations of other people.
That's where 360 appraisal, also known as multi-rater feedback comes in. The subject of the assessment fills in their own profile and then the same set of questions is given to a number of observers who know the subject well. Then you compare the subject's self assessment with what the observers had to say.
That really is the only way...
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