One clarification on Steve’s response
regarding 360 degree assessments. ICMA recommends that a 360 tool be used to
assess a manager’s strengths and
developmental needs and to use the information from this assessment for
personal and professional development purposes. There are a number of significant
downsides to using the 360 as a performance evaluation tool by a governing body
for a City or County administrator’s annual evaluation....especially in
an environment where there isn’t a lot of trust between the manager,
staff and elected officials.
I’m happy to discuss the pros and
con’s if you want to give me a call...but be VERY careful when using 360
as a performance evaluation tool
Dave
Childs, ICMA-CM
ICMA
Senior Advisor to NV and UT
775.303.5063
dchilds@icma.org
From: Steve Bryant
[mailto:sbryant@ICMA.org]
Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006
10:53 AM
To: Oregon City/County Management
Association
Subject: RE: [occma] 360
evaluation
My take on this issue is that 360 degree
evaluations are here to stay. In fact, ICMA has endorsed the practice by
making it a requirement for all credentialed managers at least once every five
years. Their recommended on-line assessment instrument can be purchased
for $245 at http://icma.org/360 for ICMA members.
Although the ICMA process is intended as a professional development tool,
rather than a city council evaluation tool, I think it could probably be useful
in both situations. The process works like this: you choose
anywhere from 4 to 20 evaluators (including staff, peers, elected officials,
etc.) and provide e-mail addresses for each. The ICMA service provider
then sends an e-mail questionaire to each person which takes about 30 minutes
to complete. The service then provides the confidential results to you,
the ICMA member which you could share with your elected officials if you choose.
Of course, there are many alternative models available. I used a
facilitator in
Steve
From: Steven
Weaver [mailto:sweaver@ci.carlton.or.us]
Sent: Mon 9/25/2006 9:48 AM
To: Oregon City/County Management
Association
Subject: [occma] 360 evaluation
Dear
fellow city managers:
I am approaching my evaluation in October and the Mayor has decided to use
the 360 degree evaluation using surveymonkey.com. Apparently she enters
all
the email addresses of the employees, council and planning commission and
they send out a questionnaire and they return it back to the Mayor with the
responses without giving names. I remember a discussion on the listserve
a
while back about this topic but I wanted to respond to the Mayor in writing
as to why a 360 evaluation is a bad idea. Any input would be greatly
appreciated?
Thanks.
Steven M. Weaver
City Manager
City of
Phone: (503) 852-7575
Fax: (503) 852-7761
sweaver@ci.carlton.or.us
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