As in Professional Sports, as an Executive, You Need “Instant Replay” to Understand How to Improve Your Performance
When you’re part of the tiny sliver of people in senior management, you quickly find your advisors are few, and often of limited value. Most people who evaluate your performance help you in some way, but few have the experience to really coach you as how to improve. Even other fellow executives have limited ability to mentor you because their time is limited and their situation is often truly different.
Yet few senior executives have the insight and data to really self-correct. If you only depend on yourself for evaluation, you will become more isolated and out of touch.
Experience “Instant Replay” for Executives
In the field of sports one of the keys to improving performance is “instant replay,” which not only tells a player they missed a block or overthrew the ball, the video shows you just how your body moved when you did it. Scientifically validated and reliable assessments give you accurate data backed by numbers and metrics about your own performance. Assessments give an executive the kind of accurate feedback on performance that instant reply gives to athletes.
There are a valuable group of assessments that give you the kind of feedback your need for professional improvement. Delta Associates uses the following assessments and others as part of their program for senior managers.
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator: Tells you about the “hardwiring” of your personality, what is you approach to life and work, and how you best work with others.
FIRO-B: This assessment is a measure of emotional intelligence, how you support those around you and how you can limit their support of your goals and aims. It enables you to chart goals for your own improvement of interpersonal relationships.
Birkman: A comprehensive assessment of your workstyle and how to best assess the way you fit into the organization and what are your best contributions.
We combine these assessments with debriefings by Delta Associates professionals. Please contact us, if you do not have a pre-assigned password and login. For assistance, please contact us at
jspeer@delta-associates.comor 512-498-9780.