Understanding & Evaluating Others

Definition: The capacity to perceive and understand the feelings and attitudes of others.

Understanding and evaluating others is the ability to see the individuality in others and to recognize a person’s unique point of view. This competency also relates directly to the skill of empathy (another competency in this module); improving your empathy will help improve your ability to understand and evaluate others. Mastering the techniques in this section will allow you to help team members both identify talents and match their talents to the appropriate jobs, among other evaluation methods.

Join our community to learn more about understanding and evaluating others, and to access resources and activities to help you along the way. 

5 Essential Measurements for Making the Right Hire

By Dr. Ranjit Nair

Effective talent management starts with hiring the right employees—those who can help a company build value and delight its customers.

Introverts, Extroverts and Ambiverts in the Workplace

In this video, Ron Price, Leading by Design president Roger Price and The Complete Leader faculty members Courtney Feider and Andy Johnson discuss the definition of Ambiverts

TCL Video Series: Understanding & Evaluating Others with Ranjit Nair

In this short video, TCL faculty member Ranjit Nair talks about the importance of understanding and evaluating others in order to appreciate their ideas and acknowledge the areas in which they can develop.

TCL Video Series: Understanding & Evaluating Others with Ron Price

Understanding and evaluating others is the ability to see the individuality in others and to recognize a person’s unique point of view. TCL faculty member Ron Price shares his insights on this important leadership competency.

The Secret to Creating Star Employees

By Mindy Bortness • 3 min read

I once worked with a client who had been promoted to assistant manager for a national pet store chain. He had performed well in every other job he had held with

Premium Article

Growing Your Company's Succession Pipeline

A recent study by Chief Learning Officer magazine showed that the top goal for CEOs regarding leadership development is growing the succession pipeline, followe

TCL Video Series: Identifying Emerging Leaders with Ron Price

In this short video, TCL faculty member Ron Price talks about how to identify emerging leaders within your company and determine who should be running your organization in the future.

Get the Top Button in the Right Hole

To be a high-performing leader, it is important to understand what it means to lead others

TCL Video Series: Understanding & Evaluating Others with Mindy Bortness

In this short video The Complete Leader faculty member Mindy Bortness talks about the importance of leaders being able to understand and evaluate others and how to strengthen this competency.

TCL Webinar: Understanding & Evaluating Others

Understanding and evaluating others is the ability to see the individuality in others and to recognize a person's unique point of view.

6 Proven Ways to Reduce Costly Employee Turnover

By Mindy Bortness

Formalizing your talent management system and consistently applying its steps will provide real, tangible profit to your bottom line.

Take the fear out of performance evaluations

By Dr. Ranjit Nair • 2 min read

Understanding and evaluating others is the innate leadership trait and ability to see the individuality in others and to recognize a person’s perspective and