Peer and Self-Assessment Centers
Presentation Objective: To present the benefits, mechanics, and art of peer and self-assessment centers.
Benefits:
- continues availability of assessment in the face of tighter development budgets
- transfers assessor skills to assesses which increase their self awareness and in turn, promotes increased feedback and coaching in the organization
- reduces cost by 40%
Mechanics
- Support the complexity of the process, promote accuracy, and reduce time involved in developing assessor skills through the use of job guides
Art
- Create an effective learning environment
Speaker
Ann Gowdey
Manager
Assessment & Development
United Technologies Corp.
Ann Gowdey has over 25 years experience in the fields of leadership and organization development. Currently, Ann is Manager of Assessment and Development for United Technologies Corporation, a Fortune 50 company with 150,000 employees engaged in high tech manufacturing worldwide.
Prior to joining UTC, Ann was principle of Ann Gowdey Consulting, a firm specializing in leadership and organization development and Assistant Vice President of Human Resources for Connecticut Mutual Life. She has designed and implemented innovative assessment practices in city, county and state government, financial services, human services, and manufacturing organizations.
Speaker
Carol Bowen
Principle
CLB Associates
Carol L. Bowen has 18 years of experience in large corporate environments. She was a corporate officer of a major financial services corporation for seven years and in 1994 began a management development and coaching practice. She has worked independently and in close partnership with highly recognized assessment practitioners in the development and implementation of management assessment for development programs for executives and high potential managers.
While Ms. Bowen’s latest endeavor is the development and implementation of a self & peer assessment development center for United Technologies, a Fortune 100 corporation, she has worked extensively with executives and middle managers in such areas as executive assessment and development, performance evaluation & development systems, team-building, training, and strategy facilitation.
