Welcome to the first edition of our new ReVolve newsletter. In each edition, we plan to bring you industry relevant information, in the form of white papers, case studies, book reviews, or just interesting trends and random tidbits that we feel will bring value to your inbox.

To launch the first issue, Dr. Daniel J. Booth speaks to the importance of 360s in today's marketplace.

Featured Article...

by Daniel J. Booth, Ed.D.

The answer to the importance of 360's comes from these three dynamics: the general need for feedback, the challenges of higher positions, and one more that is the topic for another article, the growing isolation of senior leaders.

Millenials, the youngest cohort at work today, are sometimes described as the unmentored generation. According to some members of earlier generations, they suffer from a belief that everything they say and do is just great. After all, their critics say, since birth all they've heard is that self-esteem is more important than achievement and they have the smiley-face stickers to prove it

Book Review...

Written by Marshall Goldsmith, Hyperion Books, 2007. 223 pages.
Reviewed by Diane Byington, Ph.D.

Dr. Goldsmith is one of corporate America's preeminent executive coaches. He charges a lot for his services, and his clients enthusiastically assert that he's worth it. But if you don't have the money to hire him personally, you will get a flavor for his work by reading this fine book.  And you might see yourself in its pages.

This book is designed to help successful people become even more successful. They will do this by identifying an interpersonal problem that they need to stop. Goldsmith discusses the twenty habits that often cause successful people problems. These include: winning too much (the behavior that encompasses many of the other problems), adding too much value, making destructive comments, speaking when angry, withholding information, and not listening. 

Featured Product...

New simplified report generating buzz...

Our simplified reports provide data-rich presentations of a participant's feedback results in a clear succinct format.

Product/Service Offer...

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High potentials can get insight into their strengths, as well as their blind spots by joining us for one of our monthly management or leadership skill tune-ups.

"Top 10" Reasons to Reject Feedback

10. My former boss told me to act this way. I’m actually nicer.

9. These results suggest there may have been errors in the data entry.

8. Next time, I should help my observers interpret the questions.

7. The strengths are accurate, but the weaknesses are overstated.

6. Some of these scores are biased because my observers are jealous of my promotion.

5. These people aren’t aware that I have changed those behaviors.

4. “No recognition?” --I pay them--that’s plenty of recognition.

3. Whatever happened to loyalty?

2. HR should have given this survey to more conscientious people.

1. I think these people had the rating scale turned backwards when they answered the questions.

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