Strategies for Success: Top 10 Checklist for giving Feedback |
We all benefit from feedback but not when it is given badly. If the consequence is that you feel badly treated, bruised and battered you are not in a frame of mind to listen, let alone do something about it. Giving honest, constructive feedback requires skill and practice. Perhaps not surprisingly the more open and honest you are when giving the feedback, the more receptive the recipient and the more open and honest they will be in taking it on board. Thus, if you are uncomfortable giving feedback, explain this up front. If you are struggling to get the description 'just so', ask to be allowed to try again [a simple, 'I'm sorry that did not come out right' is a useful intervention when faced with a shocked and uncomprehending recipient]. This 'Top 10 Checklist' aims to help you master the challenge, and thus help those around your reach their full potential and through their feedback to you, reach your own.
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