...workplace evaluations, goal appraisals, report cards. Whatever you call it, evaluations of our performance measured against our goals and perceived roles is a very important part of our endeavours. Whether its your workplace, your volunteer organizations, or your public office - a score card should always be a regular part of the process. The CBE, last month, finished an honest and thorough self-appraisal and this article talks about their own perceived shortfalls. Out of the group of eight trustees, seven have expressed concerns about the group embarrassing each other. Six felt there were problems with honesty, issue focus, the fine line between public and private life, and integrity. Sounds like an uncomfortable meeting. I am in complete agreement with Chairwoman Cochrane's statement about the process:
I appreciate the candidness of the published result and hope that the trustee's can work together to address the concerns brought up by the process. This disclosure of this honest and open self-appraisal is a positive step for our elected representatives. The trick now will be to work on these perceived shortcomings with as much honesty and openness and hope the next review will show progress.“If you believe that evaluation and assessment are about improving, you can’t improve if you’re not really candid, really honest amongst ourselves and have a really open self-evaluation,” - source
Click here for the complete report from the minutes, the performance review 'meat and potatoes' starts on page 60 (8-14).
2 comments:
Shane, your comments on the trustees' self-appraisal are supremely reasonable. While we're waiting for the next self-appraisal to see if this board is able to make any progress in their ability to work together, which I might add will arrive around the time of the next trustee election, it would be enlightening to go back and see what last year's result was. If I recall, it was just as bad as the present report.
True enough, your recollection is accurate, the same group reported very similar problems during their last self analysis; election reaction may be the only way to fix the dynamic.
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