Elizabeth Fried Wins Top Sales Person for 360 Feedback

CARLSBAD, CA (05/01/2007)(readMedia)-- Elizabeth Fried, Ph.D.,President of MyExecutiveCoach.net and The Learning Engine, divisions of N. E. Fried and Associates, Inc. won both top sales person for 2006 and broke 2007 first quarter records for employee survey software sales. Fried more than doubled sales quotas of 2020 Insight Gold, a 360 degree feedback tool designed to quickly and easily help employees identify strengths and areas of development. The survey gathers input from one's full circle of influence--peers, managers, direct reports and others.

"When we were researching products, our team came up with a wish list of the ideal features for a 360 feedback survey. We were delighted to find that 2020 Insight Gold not only met all of our needs, but also gave us some added features, such as recommendations for development, which we hadn't even considered," relates Temre Green, who ran a 360 degree feedback project as the organizational development consultant for Bainbridge, Inc, located in La Jolla. "Everyone was very excited to participate so that they could get started with their personal development plan."

"Progressive organizations in San Diego, Orange, and Los Angeles Counties want a way to develop their leaders without breaking the bank," Fried says. Cal Optima, ViaSat, Bainbridge, Inc, Medtronic Mini-Med, Sargent Fletcher, and North Orange County Regional Occupational Program all selected 2020 Insight Gold as the most cost effective, feature-rich 360 degree feedback tool to accomplish this goal."

Fried, who relocated her corporate offices from Dublin, Ohio to Carlsbad, California, coaches executives and managers on improving leadership and business skills. She uses 360 degree feedback as a tool to assess a client's baseline skills so she can customize individual coaching and development plans.

Fried also uses 360 feedback as a device to measure performance improvement after an executive has been through a training program. "An added benefit of 2020 Insight Gold," says Fried, "is that it allows for post measurements without additional charge. Also, clients are encouraged to be self-sufficient. They can customize the survey so that it includes required competencies for carrying out the organization's business strategies."

The parent company, N.E. Fried and Associates, Inc, is a human resources consulting firm specializing in talent management. Founded in 1983, Fried moved the corporate headquarters to Carlsbad in 2002.

2020 Insight Gold is developed by Performance Support Systems, located in Newport News, Virginia, with 91 distributors throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, and Australia.