The Reflected Best Self (RBS) exercise enables people to
identify their unique strengths and talents, making it an excellent tool for
personal development. Each participant requests positive feedback from
significant people in his or her life and then synthesizes it into a cumulative
portrait of his or her best self.
Preview the
Reflected Best Self Exercise: Assignment and Instructions to Participants (129
KB PDF)
Purchase
and download The Reflected Best Self Exercise: Assignment and Instructions to
Participants (129 KB PDF).
NOTE: The cost is $6.00 per person who completes the exercise (i.e., each
person who collects feedback from others). You do NOT need one copy per person
providing feedback.
A teaching note is available at no cost to instructors who order the
Assignment and Instructions to Participants. It provides information about the
objectives behind the RBS exercise and includes suggestions for debriefing it
in class. To get the teaching note, please contact Janet Max at (734) 647-8154
or jmax@bus.umich.edu.
This booklet has strategies to help individuals completing the Reflected Best
Self exercise as they compile and interpret their feedback, and is helpful
either when they initially work on the exercise in a class setting or as a tool
to use on their own after completing their reflected best-self portraits.
Preview Bringing My Best
Self to Life (618 KB PDF).
