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CHECKLIST FOR SELF AND OTHERS’
BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT

(This can be modified to be used as an anonymous staff survey.)
Is there any rater-bias being experienced by you or someone else in any current
relevant situation that might be affecting the behavior of anyone in the workplace
system?
Is there any unexamined bias concerning EEO categories that needs to be observed,
considered, expressed, explored, and discussed?
Is any training needed?

Are you aware of the emotions currently being experienced by you or others in any
current relevant situation that might be affecting the behavior of anyone in the
workplace system?
What needs are related to the emotions that currently exist in you or others in the
workplace system? Are these needs being met or not? Why or why not? How can
these needs be met either in or outside of the workplace system?
What thoughts and ideas do you and others have about any current relevant
situation in the workplace system?
What do you think others are experiencing in terms of observations of you,
experiences of you, thoughts about you, feelings about you, and things they need
from you in the workplace system?
Do you have any requests of anyone in the workplace system? Can you make those
requests? Why or why not? Can someone else help you make those requests? Why
or why not? Who might be available to help you make these requests, if anyone?
Are there any emotional intelligence skills that you can further develop to help
you handle the current situation better?
If there is or has been a conflict, how have you responded? Have you acknowledged
that there is a conflict?
Have you been willing to discuss the conflict? Have you made resolving the conflict
a priority?

Have you considered what, if anything, you may have done, said, not done, or not
said to contribute to the conflict, even if you contributed unwittingly?
Have you been following the company (and/or SHRM for HR professionals) code of
conduct? How can you follow it in an improved manner? What aspects of it can you
focus on in your thoughts and feelings about any current workplace situations?
How are you functioning in the system that is the workplace?
How open or closed would you say the workplace system is? Why? What might
improve this?
Are you open to feedback and information?

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