Dr. Jason Read

Hello Don, Impressive process you have described. It is not unusual for people to avoid engaging in a thorough developmental activity such as this. I applaud your efforts. It is especially good that you allow the faculty members to contribute their own opinions and suggestions around the courses. This surely increases their buy-in to the developmental process. The fact that you also use the feedback from students, not just your own observations, increases the validity of the process. Always good to include the opinions of others when doing developmental work. Obviously, if this were a process to determine something such… >>>

Sometimes organizations use informal assessments for more developmental purposes. For example, a formal performance assessment may be done mid year and end of year in order to determine raises, bonuses, or eligibility for promotion. However, an informal performance assessment may be done at any time to help put together a developmental plan for someone as they focus on areas to train, skills to hone, etc. Also, occasionally an informal assessment is done as part of a gap analysis. A gap analysis being when an organization is trying to determine areas, at the org level, that need better combinations of skills.… >>>