How do you share your self-assessment insights?

1 Choose your audience

Before you share your self-assessment insights, you need to consider who you want to share them with and why. Depending on your context and objectives, you may want to share your insights with your manager, your peers, your mentor, your coach, or your friends and family. Each audience may have different expectations, interests, and feedback styles, so you need to tailor your communication accordingly. For example, if you want to share your insights with your manager, you may want to focus on how your self-assessment relates to your performance review, your career development, and your action plan. If you want to share your insights with your peers, you may want to emphasize how your self-assessment can help you work better as a team, learn from each other, and celebrate your achievements.

2 Prepare your message

Once you have chosen your audience, you need to prepare your message in a clear, concise, and honest way. You can use various self-assessment tools, such as SWOT analysis, 360-degree feedback, personality tests, or skills inventories, to structure your message and provide evidence for your insights. You can also use the STAR method (Situation, Task, Action, Result) to illustrate your insights with specific examples from your experience. However, avoid being too self-critical or self-praising, as this may undermine your credibility and confidence. Instead, aim for a balanced and realistic message that acknowledges both your strengths and areas for improvement, as well as your achievements and challenges.

3 Deliver your message

The next step is to deliver your message in a respectful, respectful, and engaging way. You can choose different formats and channels to share your self-assessment insights, such as face-to-face meetings, phone calls, emails, reports, or presentations. Whatever format or channel you choose, make sure you follow some basic communication principles, such as being polite, attentive, and responsive, using appropriate language and tone, and inviting feedback and questions. Moreover, try to make your message relevant and meaningful for your audience, by linking your self-assessment insights to their needs, goals, and interests. For example, if you share your insights with your mentor, you can explain how your self-assessment can help you achieve your learning objectives and ask for their guidance and advice.

4 Receive feedback

One of the benefits of sharing your self-assessment insights is that you can receive feedback from others who can offer you a different perspective, a fresh insight, or a constructive suggestion. However, receiving feedback can also be challenging, especially if it is negative, unexpected, or conflicting. Therefore, you need to be open-minded, curious, and respectful when you receive feedback, and avoid being defensive, dismissive, or argumentative. You can use the LARA method (Listen, Acknowledge, Respond, Ask) to handle feedback effectively and professionally. Listen actively and attentively to what the other person is saying, acknowledge their feedback and thank them for it, respond by clarifying, explaining, or agreeing with their feedback, and ask for more details, examples, or recommendations if needed.

5 Act on feedback

The final step is to act on the feedback you receive and use it to improve your self-assessment and your performance. You can use the SMART method (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound) to set goals and action plans based on the feedback you receive. You can also use the PDCA cycle (Plan, Do, Check, Act) to monitor your progress and evaluate your results. However, acting on feedback is not only about implementing changes, but also about following up and communicating with your audience. You can update them on your achievements, challenges, and learnings, and ask for their support, feedback, and collaboration. By doing so, you can build trust, rapport, and mutual respect with your audience, and create a positive feedback culture.

6 Here’s what else to consider

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