Biography of the President and Director … Larry Cipolla
- Recognized internationally as one of the pioneers in the development of 360-degree feedback instruments
- Experienced in four key areas of intervention: Organizational Development; Designing and Developing performance based 360 degree surveys for personal and professional development; Individual Coaching; Creating Business Unit change strategies aligned with organizational goals
- Published since 1967
- Author of over 225 articles on leadership and management related themes
- Over 33 years experience in organizational and human resource development
- Developed and implemented over 300 feedback instruments for a wide range of clients around the world
- Former adjunct instructor of English literature, leadership, and management related courses in the Graduate Schools of the Universities of Minnesota and St. Thomas
- Former supervisor at 3M Company where he developed and implemented a wide range of sales training programs that incorporated multi-rater feedback, behavioral modeling, and mathetics learning techniques
- Larry is a Master Gardener in Minnesota. His Japanese Gardens have appeared on national television and garden magazines.
- Larry is learning Spanish (slowly) and has written a children's book, Quiero ser Bombero.
Selected Papers Presented...
- Administering the 360 Feedback Process in your Organization
- 360 Feedback: Much more than a Performance Appraisal System
- 360 Feedback: The Breakfast of Leaders and those Who want to be
- Create the Performance Improvement Organization You Always Wanted
- Creating Performance Based Training Programs with 360 Feedback
- Do You have what it takes to be a Leader?
- If 360 Feedback is so Popular, Why doesn't anyone Use it?
- Implementing Organizational Change- one person at a time
- Getting Started with Performance-based Feedback Process
- Putting the Performance into your Performance Appraisal Process with 360 Feedback
- Trends and Developments with 360 Feedback Instrumentation
- Using 360 Feedback Instruments in ASEAN Countries
- Using 360 Feedback to Match Individual Competencies with Organizational Competencies
- Web-based software: Integrating people development, knowledge sharing, and life long learning applications
- Integrating traditional and online programs
… at these Conferences
- Synergy Conference (Singapore, 92)
- Management and Training Conference (China, 93)
- World Productivity Assembly & HRD Conference (Singapore, 94 and 96)
- International Management Conference & Exhibition (Singapore, 95)
- International Federation of Training and Development Organizations (Malaysia, 1997)
- HRD Conference (India, 1998)
- American Management Association (USA, 1997)
- American Society for Training and Development (USA, 1995, 1997, 2000)
- Society for Human Resource Management (USA, 1997, 2000)
- International Quality & Productivity Center (USA, 1997)
- Global Business and Technology Association International Conference (Rome, 2002)
Selected Articles on 360-degree feedback in English
- 360 Feedback and Performance Management
- Develop your Competitive Edge with 360 Feedback (case study)
- Develop your Sales Competency with 360 Feedback (case study)
- Would you work for you?
- Healthcare Executives look in the 360 mirror
- How to develop Performance based Feedback Surveys
- If 360 Feedback is so Popular, why doesn't anyone use it?
- Increasing Customer Satisfaction with Micro and Macro Feedback (case study)
- Introducing 360 feedback in your Organization
- Make Performance Appraisals Count
- Matching Individual Competencies to Organizational Needs
- The Power of 360 degree Feedback
- Upward Feedback for Management Development
- Using 360 degree feedback in ASEAN Countries
- Web-based Performance Management Systems: Continuous Feedback from Multiple Sources
Selected Articles on 360-degree feedback in Spanish and Portuguese
- 360° Todo para ver
- Retroinformación 360°: Para mejorar el desempeño y la productividad
- Nota 6 para o senhor President
- Feedback ... à sua medida!

Larry Cipolla, President and Director
- International speaker, author, executive coach
- Business, industry, education, and government clients span almost every continent
- Author of more than 225 articles, developer of more than 300 feedback surveys
- Author of, Building Performance-based 360-Degree Assessments: From Design to Delivery