I’m not sure if many entrepreneurs/business owners/CEO’s have done a 360 degree, annual review, conducted by another employee to the rest of the company to get constructive feedback, but I really valued the process and the insight. It’s only fair that employees have an opportunity to review me, since I review our managers (and get accross-department feedback from other managers and other employees) and managers do very thorough reviews for employees. So here is what employees thought of me:

Strengths:
–His enthusiasm is infectious. When Ryan gets excited, it’s easy to get excited with him, and he can be a great motivator for the company as a whole.
–He genuinely cares about and considers everyone’s opinions and ideas on how to make eROI a great company to be employed by.
–Good networker and knows how to put eROI on the map.
–Encourages individual growth, from taking classes to focusing on strengthening skill sets.
–Focused leadership.

Areas of Improvement: (undoubtedly more improvements comments than strengths):
–Sometimes perhaps too involved in projects, seen as micro-manager at these times.
–Giving adequate time for internal projects to be fully flushed out. He should ask us what is a reasonable amount of time for us to get things done.
–Can be impatient.
–Very high expectations. Often, unrealistic expectations.
–Needs to let go of some of the marketing side of things and allow new ideas to come through.

Now, that I’ve opened the floodgates. It’s your turn to comment. What’s your feedback on me? Comment below.

Don’t worry, I have a box of tissues on my desk. Looking forward to your feedback, but try to make it as constructive as possible. Thx.