The How Do I...? facilitation introduction is a PET (Participant Engagement Tool) that effectively performs a public 360° review. It is risky and you must first get permission from the people. When done well and people are open to constructive feedback, it breaks down barriers.
Purpose:
This PET gives each person both the opportunity to find out how others perceive him or her and to tell others, in a constructive way, how he or she perceives them. This is risky if the people are not open to feedback, but can be beneficial when they are.
Objectives:
- To enable people to get to know each other.
- To break down barriers to receive feedback to come together as a team.
- To enable people to begin viewing each other as people rather than co-workers.
Do the following:
- Ask for a volunteer.
- The person comes up to the front of the room and asks, "How do I come across? What are my strengths and weaknesses?" Give the other people 15 minutes to respond. Capture the responses on a flip chart. Note: Do not allow the person in front to respond.
- After 15 minutes, the person in front gets 5 minutes to respond.
- Move on to the next volunteer.
- After all have been briefed on the perceptions, debrief the group.
Debriefing Questions:
- What did you learn about each other that you didn't know before?
- What surprises did you find? Why?