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Cipolla Companies Inc., Receives
2009 Best of Minneapolis Award

U.S. Commerce Association's Award Plaque Honors the Achievement

WASHINGTON D.C., June 8, 2009 -- Cipolla Companies Inc., has been selected for the 2009 Best of Minneapolis Award in the Management Services category by the U.S. Commerce Association (USCA).

The USCA "Best of Local Business" Award Program recognizes outstanding local businesses throughout the country. Each year, the USCA identifies companies that they believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and community.

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New Assessments for 2009

We are pleased to announce the availability of three new performance-based 360-degree assessments--CCi Executive Leadership, CCi Developing Leadership Performance, and CCi Supervisory Readiness.

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A Message from the President and Director

Thank you for visiting our website. We introduced our first performance-based 360-degree survey, the Leadership Development Profile, in 1981. Today, we market more than 100 different 360 assessments to clients around the world. I invite you to join our international community of corporate and educational clients, consultants, and CCi Partners.

Larry Cipolla, President and Director
Cipolla Companies, Inc.
dba CCi Surveys International
Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA)
Since 1976

Telephones: 888.cci.4360 (USA and Canada) and 952.944.3738 (International and Skype)Emails: info@cci4360.com, or larryc@cci4360.com

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Case Studies

Hospitality Client-Caribbean

The managing director wanted to provide his top executives, key administrative and functional managers with the opportunity to receive 360-degree feedback from their peers and direct reports. The client wanted to expand the current performance appraisal system and minimize potentially biased appraisals as much as possible. He also wanted to focus more on the competency areas that he needed to optimize for his very competitive industry. The primary focus was to develop the competency and overall effectiveness of the managerial team and to identify high potential performers who could be promoted in the future.

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Hospitality Client-Southeast Asia

One of our clients wanted to automate their customer satisfaction survey so they could receive real-time feedback from guests at their resort. The client had been using a paper based survey that guests could complete after checkout. They collected responses for the week and hand-entered the results onto a spread sheet. Typically, it took the client from two to four months to collect, enter, compile, produce, and initiate corrective action based on the feedback results. The client contacted us with the goal of reducing this time from collection to delivery to within a month.

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CCi Answers your Questions

Do you have questions? How can we help? 

You sent us questions about our process and how you can implement feedback projects more effectively.  Thank you for thinking of us as a resource. Here are shorter versions of our responses:

¿Qué son los baremos?

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¿Por que la retroinformacíon 360° ha llegado a ser una herramienta clave para el desarrollo?

La credibilidad es una razón importante. 360° es más relevante que la evaluación del desempeño tradicional. La retroinformación del jefe como fuente única puede no siempre ser aceptada por el subordinado, especialmente si el contenido de la retroinformación es diferente a 10 esperado por él. La credibilidad puede verse afectada si el participante siente que la evaluación del jefe es parcial o injusta.

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Changing Behavior

Is there a simple model or checklist that I can use to help people apply what they have learned from their feedback results? We want them to change their behavior.

People change their behavior for their reasons, not yours. Most people are able to change their behavior. That is the easy part. Some people are not willing to change their behavior. That is the hard part. Once people express a willingness to change, you can help them by keeping in mind the following:

  • 1. In order for participants to improve, they first need to know where they are now (current behavior or present state);
  • 2. They need to identify where they want to be or need to be (expectations or future state);
  • 3. They need to identify measurable action steps designed to get them there.
  • 4. They need to hold themselves responsible and accountable for their behavior, their development, follow-up actions, and progress.
  • 5. They need to include a process to measure their progress towards their action plans and goals, and make any needed corrections.