Increase Leadership and Management Skills

Help Managers Develop Skills that Matter

with 360-Degree Feedback from Clark Wilson Group

Can a feedback survey lead to performance improvement in key organizational roles? Yes, it can when it's one of the Task Cycle® Surveys from Clark Wilson Group. Research shows that the steps of the Task Cycle, used together and in sequence, lead to greater effectiveness. The Task Cycle has more than 30 years of research behind it, offering a rich variety of data for understanding and comparison. Performance Programs has participated in Task Cycle development since 1990 as a research partner and distributor. We've helped hundreds of organizations use these tools successfully. Learn about certification webinar.

Seven Reasons Task Cycle 360 Feedback Surveys Are Best-in-Class:

• 1. Each survey contains questions about observable behaviors. Advantage: Observability leads to rater consistency, which is an important aspect of reliability.
• 2. The statements on the questionnaires are proven by research the most important ones for a specific role, which leads to survey validity. Advantage: Participants receive feedback on the most relevant behaviors for their role, not all roles.
• 3. Questions concern only those behaviors that can be trained or otherwise developed. They specifically exclude personality characteristics, values and temperament. Advantage: With training and development, individuals can make improvements on challenge areas.
• 4.Questionnaire item sets measure independent, uncorrelated behaviors, as researched through factor analysis. Advantage: Development efficiency. Improvement efforts can be targeted at a
  specific behavior group.
• 5. Clark Wilson Group surveys follow a well-researched and well-established learning model, the Task Cycle. The model provides focus on what needs to be done and when it should be done in the flow of execution. Advantage: Participants are not only provided with information about what
  should be improved, but what should be improved first.
• 6. Rater comments are an essential part of all Task Cycle survey feedback. Advantage: This makes the whole feedback experience more meaningful.
• 7. Extensive normative databases stand behind every Task Cycle survey. The database for the Survey of Management Practices alone contains well over 300,000 cases. Advantage: Norms provide meaning to the results, especially in assigning priorities to development areas.

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The Task Cycle was introduced in 1973 by Dr. Clark Wilson, who was the first to use 360 feedback for training and development. Read about the design elements behind the Task Cycle and the more than 30 years of 360 feedback research , offering a rich variety of data for comparison purposes. Performance Programs, Inc., has participated in that research since the early 1990s. We consider the Task Cycle Surveys best-in-class.

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See a history of the Task Cycle Surveys, first of their kind.

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