360 Assessment of Relocation Candidates

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Expatriate Effectiveness Solutions
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360º Assessment of
Relocation Candidates

Survey on Intercultural Relocation Adaptability (SIRA)

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Created by GROVEWELL LLC and R.S. Mansfield Associates, the "Survey on Intercultural Relocation Adaptability," or SIRA, is a moderately priced, on-line, 360º assessment instrument that enables global business leaders and professionals who are contemplating relocation to...

Clarify their own expectations and decision-making about global business relationships;

Obtain 360º feedback about the extent to which they demonstrate:

» personal skills & qualities that promote adaptation to and effectiveness with diverse others

» behaviors that can inhibit adaptation and effectiveness when working with diverse others;

Learn ways to enhance effective skills and qualities, and to reduce ineffective behaviors;

Identify what else they need to learn about a global assignment in order to clarify their concerns.

SIRA facilitates self-exploration, thoughtful decision-making, and preparation involving the business leader together with someone in a consultative role, such as a coach, counselor, trainer, or advisor. In this way, SIRA both informs and enhances the ability of the leader to…

Decide wisely whether to accept an assignment requiring cross-cultural interactions and relocation to an unfamiliar environment, and...

Prepare effectively by developing appropriate personal skills, qualities, behaviors, and expectations, either by working alone or with the help of a coach or counselor.

For participating client companies, the value of SIRA is in enhancing the likelihood that relocation assignments for business leaders will lead to steadily increasing ROI.
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Note that relocation assignment does not necessarily mean relocation to a foreign nation. Some within-country relocations require high adaptability.
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Advantages Over Competing Instruments
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SIRA differs in seven ways from other adaptability assessments:
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1. Accessible on-line. Users complete SIRA on-line; the Feedback Report is returned on-line.
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2. A modified 360° feedback survey. Friends, relatives, and work colleagues may participate. Work colleagues may be any business associate. No 360° participant is identified in the Feedback Report.
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3. Feedback provided only to the individual. The Feedback Report is distributed solely to the individual, who may distribute it to others. This makes accurate, specific 360º feedback more likely.
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4. American value bias minimized. We have removed the U.S.-value bias found in other surveys. Example: We do not assume that global success depends on one’s being proactive and deadline-conscious.
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5. Supporting materials. Each user’s Feedback Report offers individual guidance on his or her personal adaptability. HR and EAP professionals in contracting firms receive a supporting manual.
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6. Certification not required. HR and EAP professionals may use SIRA without expensive training.
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7. SIRA is moderately priced. For details, click here.
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For more background information and an important note, click here.
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Survey on Intercultural Relocation Adaptability
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SIRA is appropriate when the global business leader needing an adaptability assessment is contemplating relocation. In this case, the leader's spouse or partner (if any) should also complete a SIRA assessment.
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If relocation is not contemplated, please click here.
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SIRA is a modified 360° survey that is completed by the individual, 5-6 friends/family members, and 5-6 work colleagues. Assessed are seven skills/qualities that facilitate successful adaptation. For more information about the seven skills/qualities, contact GROVEWELL LLC.
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The 360º process also assesses 20 behaviors that undermine relationships with diverse counterparts.
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In addition, SIRA includes a self-assessment by the relocation candidate and (if any) spouse or partner of his/her motivations, concerns, and expectations about an assignment involving long-term living and working in an unfamiliar environment. This section is not 360°.
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For information about obtaining SIRA and professional fees, click here.
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For more background information and an important note, click here.
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Additional Information
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Obtaining Complete SIRA Services
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SIRA is available only from GROVEWELL LLC. To obtain specific information, or to inquire about arranging for the use of this instrument, contact Dr. Cornelius Grove at info@grovewell.com or +1-718-492-1896.
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The following fees apply worldwide; volume discounts are available.
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For each employee and up to 12 of his/her 360º participants:	Total fee: USD $795
For each spouse/partner of a participating employee, and up to 12 of her/his 360º participants:	Total fee: USD $695
Manual for HR and EAP professionals (one-time purchase), plus a phone consultation	Total fee: USD $595

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If you wish to use SIRA privately (i.e., not with company arrangement or sponsorship), contact Dr. Cornelius Grove by phone at +1-718-492-1896.
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Additional Background Information
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SIRA is grounded in decades of intercultural and psychological research on “suitability for an assignment abroad.” These research findings are extensive, revealing, and consistent.
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The most important and realistic contribution to be made by any assessment is to identify individuals who, due to recurring behavioral characteristics, put themselves at risk of failure in interpersonal interactions with culturally different others. When an at-risk person is identified, he or she should be strongly encouraged to either (1) reconsider accepting the global assignment, or (2) take specific steps to reduce and replace his/her interfering behaviors. SIRA promotes and facilitates these outcomes beginning with the Feedback Report and continuing when the individual shares his or her results with an HR or EAP professional associated with his firm.
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An important note about SIRA:
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SIRA is not intended for use as the single determinant of selection for an assignment abroad. The determinants of success or failure in an unfamiliar environment do not lie wholly within the individual, whether as knowledge, skill, or behavioral characteristics. Success is determined by a multiplicity of factors. Some are internal. More are external, subject to capricious changes, and impossible to assess in advance. SIRA is intended to build self-awareness in relocation candidates and designees so that they can make wise decisions about whether to accept the assignment, and can prepare effectively for it.

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The developers of SIRA are…
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Richard Mansfield, Ed.D. (Harvard 1971), an authority on assessment for competency development; his professional biography may be read by clicking here (use "BACK" to return).
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Cornelius N. Grove, Ed.D. (Columbia 1977), an authority on intercultural adjustment and learning; his professional biography may be ready by clicking here (use "BACK" to return).
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