In this episode, Dr. G turns the spotlight inward and shares how he approached evaluation during his time as Academic Dean. After challenging students to take faculty evaluations seriously, he asked himself a simple but important question: How should I be evaluated? The result was a new system that invited every faculty member to offer honest feedback in ten key areas — a process many had never experienced before. But the real insight came later. Each year, when reviewing his evaluations, Dr. G was consistently rated lowest in one particular area: his ability to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of faculty. Ironically, this was the very skill he believed was one of his strongest — the ability to “spot a great teacher from 100 yards away.” Confused by the mismatch, he decided to run a small experiment. By slipping a second, differently worded version of the same question into the evaluation, he discovered something surprising: while faculty rated him lowest in evaluating them, they rated him highest in evaluating potential new hires— even though the two questions measured the exact same skill. The conclusion? Sometimes people don’t love being evaluated, even when the evaluator is doing it well.

In This Video
• Why Dr. G implemented faculty evaluations for himself
• The system he created to gain honest feedback
• How blind spots show up even when we’re confident in our strengths
• The playful experiment that revealed faculty attitudes toward evaluation
• The leadership lesson Dr. G carried forward from the experience

About This Series
This video is part of a collection celebrating the story, ministry, and legacy of Dr. Garry Friesen (Dr. G), honoring the heritage of Multnomah School of the Bible / Multnomah University and the continuing work God is doing through new ministries around the world.

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