Jim--I definitely agree with the direction the Board appears to be moving toward on this issue. However, as a point of clarification, I assume we will still be using the ICMA 360 process as part of our 5-year credentialing cycle? Thanks for your help, Ed >>> jimhough@minetfiber.com 09/27/06 7:20 PM >>> Colleagues, As everyone knows, I am sure, I am on the ICMA Credentialing Advisory Board, and we had this as a discussion topic at the Conference in San Antonio a couple of weeks ago. Based on that discussion and the difficulties / dangers / misuse of the evaluation we are going to discuss it in depth next week when the Board convenes in Washington, DC for its annual meeting. I think that the results may very well be a recommendation to the Executive Board that the 360 "Assessment Tool" be abandoned or drasticallly modified. As has been mentioned, this is a very nasty tool that someone can use for rather nefarious purposes all too easily. I hope this helps and will keep everyone advised what transpires. Jim Hough Woodland, WA - > As usual, Dave is right on. Based on the interest in this issue, we may > want to consider it as a future conference topic, "The ups, downs and all > arounds with 360 degree evaluations." > > Steve Bryant > ICMA Senior Advisor > > ________________________________ > > From: David Childs [mailto:dchilds@ICMA.org] > Sent: Tue 9/26/2006 2:28 PM > To: Oregon City/County Management Association > Subject: RE: [occma] 360 evaluation > > > > 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 > > P.O. Box 752 > > South Lake Tahoe, CA 96156 > > 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 Albany to conduct one for me using my department heads as the > evaluators. They shared confidential information to the facilitator using > her form which was compiled and then presented to both me and the city > council. The city council also completed their own versions of a survey > and the results of both surveys were discussed with me in executive > session. I found it to be a very positive experience, but I recommend > limiting the surveys to top management personnel, council members, and > perhaps other community leaders. Good luck. > > 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 Carlton > P.O. 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