Are you trusted and valued?

All of us want to be both trusted and valued by our peers and customers in operating and senior management.

How do we know whether we are? Can we trust the feedback, if any, that we get?

I have developed a tool that you can adapt and use.

It asks each individual to rate whether you exhibit the traits described in words or phrases on a scale of 1 (hardly ever) to 10 (most definitely).

I suggest getting the list to each person in a way that allows them to return their assessment anonymously. One way is to enlist a trusted partner in the Legal or HR team, one that will not share the results with anybody else. Then either you or they send the list to each person you identify and ask for replies to be sent to your partner. Your partner strips the assessment from any email it is attached to and sends you just the assessment.

Here it is.

Dear Executive

(John or Jane Doe) is asking for your help in understanding how they are perceived by their (peers/customers/clients/etc.)

Please rate whether they hardly ever (score of 1) or most definitely (score of 10) demonstrate each of these attributes.

To keep your assessment confidential, please return your assessment to (Barbara Jones) in the (Legal/HR) department. She will forward only…