Leadership Circle Profile®: The Process

Welcome to your Leadership Circle Profile™ 360° (LCP) experience. We are very excited that you will have the opportunity to participate.

The information contained here will provide you with the steps required to complete your LCP and an overview of what will follow on the survey’s completion.

The LCP 360° Assessment Process

STEP 1: Identify Your Evaluators & Request Them to Provide Feedback

It is recommended that you identify 10-15 evaluators. Criteria for your evaluators are those people who:

  • Know you well and will provide you with honest feedback.

  • Have good intentions and sincerely want to help you learn more about yourself.

  • Understand your job responsibilities and areas of influence.

  • Can describe you in relation to the many roles you play.

  • Click here for tips on picking evaluators/raters

You will need at least 3 Evaluators in each category to respond in order for each data set to be broken out by category. For example, if you only listed two “Direct Reports,” their data would be included in the overall results, but not reported as a separate category, this in order to protect their anonymity. The exception to this anonymity rule is your Boss or Boss’s Boss, for whom data is not grouped with any other data and is directly attributable to that individual. The “Other” category is a good place for either a variety of individuals who do not fit easily into the other categories or a particular constituency (stakeholders, customers, reports of direct reports, etc.).

Evaluator Categories: 

Boss’s Boss: Optional. May enter one or more. Only one completed survey is needed to view breakout data on the report.

Boss: This is the person who gives you your performance appraisal. May enter more than one. Only one completed survey is needed to view breakout data on the report.

Peer: These are people who know your work as a leader, but don’t report to you or have input into your evaluation. Three or more completed surveys are needed to view breakout data on the report.

Direct Report: These are people with whom you have input into their performance evaluations. Three or more completed surveys are needed to view breakout data on the report.

Other: These may be vendors, customers, partners, or people with whom you’ve worked with on volunteer projects. Three or more completed surveys are needed to view breakout data on the report.

IMPORTANT PRE-SURVEY STEP: Be sure to contact the individuals you are requesting feedback from ahead of time by email or phone prior to setting them up in the system. A sample email for you to customize and send to your evaluators is at the bottom of this page. If you choose not to send a pre-survey email, it is important you inform your evaluators they will be receiving an email containing the survey link from notifications@theleadershipcircle.com.

STEP 2: Receive Your Login Information & Enter Your Evaluators

Shortly, you’ll receive an email asking you to log in and create a password to access the survey. The email arrives from notifications@theleadershipcircle.com. If the email doesn’t appear in your inbox, please check your SPAM/JUNK folder.

  • Click on the link within the email to access the survey login page.

  • Click “Forgot/Create Password” to create a password.

  • Log into the survey using your new password and email address.

  • Log in to enter your evaluators, click “Evaluator Setup*,” and follow the prompts to add your evaluators and their email addresses. (Be sure to double-check the email address for each evaluator to ensure accuracy.) The system will send each of your evaluators a login email so they can complete your feedback.

STEP 3: Complete the Self-Survey

After entering evaluators, you will have access to your Self-Survey, which will take approximately 20 minutes to complete. Click on the button to begin. The answers save after each question, so you can log in and out of the survey, without losing data.

This data will be used to evaluate your perception of self and compare it to the perception held by your evaluators.

Please note that the survey is available in languages other than English. You can change the language by selecting the drop down box as shown to the right.

STEP 4: Debrief Session with Your Coach

Prior to your debrief, you will receive a digital copy of your LCP results. An Executive Leadership Coach will then review your LCP results with you and discuss their meaning and value for improving your effectiveness as a leader and team member. You will also receive a detailed personal profile with guidelines to interpret the results.

Sample Email To Your Evaluators

PLEASE CUSTOMIZE AND SEND TO EACH OF YOUR EVALUATORS BEFORE SETTING THEM UP IN THE SURVEY SYSTEM.

Dear <Insert name of evaluator>,

I am currently engaged in a process of gathering feedback regarding my leadership effectiveness and development opportunities. I am using the Leadership Circle Profile 360° assessment to gain a deeper perspective on my leadership and help me to take my effectiveness to a higher level.

I am asking you to participate because I feel you know me well and I know that you will give me honest feedback. With the exception of my boss and boss’s boss, your responses are anonymous and confidential. If you’re willing, this will involve you completing an online survey to assess my leadership effectiveness.

In the next few days, you will receive an email from notifications@theleadershipcircle.com. The email will provide you with a link to log in and to create a password, necessary to complete the assessment. Completing the assessment will take approximately 20 minutes of your time. The deadline* for completing the survey is DATE. *Please note that all responses MUST be received at this time. Extensions and re-opens will not be possible.

I sincerely thank you for your willingness to participate and to contribute to my development as a leader.

Thank you,

<Insert your name>