Seeing Yourself Through Others' Eyes: The Insights Discovery Full Circle Journey.
Ever wonder how your actions and communication style really land with the people you work with every day?
We all have our own perception of ourselves, but the truth is, understanding how others experience us is a powerful catalyst for growth. That's the heart of the Insights Discovery Full Circle (360) program – a journey into deeper self-awareness, illuminated by the honest and transparent perspectives of those around you.
This isn't your typical feedback process. We approach it with a blend of directness and empathy, creating a safe yet challenging space for true reflection. It’s about taking the rich self-understanding from your Insights Discovery Personal Profile and layering it with constructive feedback from your managers, peers, team members, and even customers if you choose. The goal? To give you a complete picture, a "full circle" view that helps you see your strengths more clearly, understand your potential blind spots, and ultimately, build even more effective and authentic relationships.
The Full Circle process uses the same simple, memorable language of Fiery Red, Sunshine Yellow, Earth Green, and Cool Blue colour energies, making the feedback easy to understand and, importantly, easy to act upon. It’s a story of how you see yourself, how others see you, and how you can bridge any gaps to become even more effective.
The Value For You: Accelerating Growth Through Honest, Rounded Feedback
The Insights Discovery Full Circle experience is about more than just collecting opinions. It’s a structured, supportive process designed to help you:
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Gain Deeper Self-Awareness: See yourself as others see you, uncovering blind spots and confirming strengths.
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Enhance Interpersonal Effectiveness: Understand how your communication and behaviour impact different people.
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Strengthen Key Relationships: Build greater trust and understanding with colleagues, managers, and direct reports.
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Boost Leadership Impact: For leaders, understand how their style truly influences and motivates their team.
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Create a Focused Development Plan: Identify specific areas for growth based on rich, multi-perspective feedback.
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Foster a Culture of Openness: Encourage honest dialogue and a commitment to ongoing development.
Let’s take a relaxed but professional look at the key components of your Insights Discovery Full Circle Profile and the journey it takes you on.
Understanding Your Full Circle Profile: Key Sections for Insight
Your Full Circle Profile is a rich tapestry woven from your own self-perception and the valuable perspectives of those you’ve invited to give feedback. Here’s how we explore it together:
1. Your Starting Point: Overview Based on Self-Perception
We begin by revisiting aspects of your Insights Discovery Personal Profile. This section reminds you of your own understanding of your personal style, how you tend to interact with others, and your natural strengths. It’s the "you" that you know, providing a crucial baseline for the journey ahead. This isn't about re-evaluation, but about grounding yourself in your self-awareness before we explore how others experience you.
2. The Bigger Picture: Characteristics Based on Your Feedback Group's Perception
This is where the story expands. We’ll look at how your chosen contributors–your manager(s), peers, team members, and others–collectively perceive your style, strengths, and how you might behave under pressure. This aggregated feedback offers a powerful, and often affirming, view of how you generally come across. It's presented using the same supportive Insights language, focusing on observable behaviours.
3. Visualising Perceptions: The Insights Discovery Full Circle Wheel & Colour Distribution
Here, we bring the data to life. The Full Circle Wheel visually plots your self-perception alongside the individual and collective perceptions of your feedback group. You'll see, at a glance, where your view of yourself aligns with others' views, and where there might be interesting differences. The Colour Distribution graphs further break this down, showing the perceived intensity of your Cool Blue, Earth Green, Sunshine Yellow, and Fiery Red energies from both your perspective and that of your contributors. It’s a transparent way to see patterns and divergences.
4. Bridging the Gap: Perception Comparisons – Seeing Less, Seeing More
This is where we lean into "radical candor" – caring personally while challenging directly approach. This section graphically and numerically compares how much of each colour energy your contributors see in you, compared to how much you see in yourself. Does your manager see more of your Fiery Red drive than you acknowledge? Do your peers experience less of your Earth Green supportive nature than you intend? These comparisons are invaluable for pinpointing specific areas where your impact might differ from your intent.
5. The Power of Words: Personal Comments from Your Contributors
Beyond the data, this section provides the direct, written feedback from your chosen colleagues. They’ll share behaviours they most admire in you and, with constructive honesty, suggest behaviours you could develop to be even more successful. These personal narratives often provide the most profound "aha!" moments and offer rich context to the graphical data. We ensure this feedback is delivered in a way that feels supportive and actionable.
6. Connecting with Individuals (Optional): Deeper Dives into Specific Relationships
If chosen, the profile can also offer insights into how specific individuals in your feedback group perceive you, and even compare their self-perception with how they see you (if they also have an Insights Discovery Profile). This allows for an even more nuanced understanding of key relationships.
Your Journey to Enhanced Collaboration and Effectiveness
The Insights Discovery Full Circle Profile, coupled with a supportive debrief, doesn’t just give you data; it tells a story. It’s a story about your professional relationships, your impact, and your potential for growth. It’s about understanding that others already have a perception of you, and wouldn't it be powerful to know, with honesty and transparency, what that is?
Gain a rare and invaluable 360-degree view of your professional impact. Understand your strengths and blind spots through the eyes of those you work with, all within a supportive, psychologically safe framework that encourages honest reflection and leads to practical action plans for enhanced collaboration and personal growth.