Some leaders resist the idea of ‘asking permission’ to give feedback, thinking it lets people avoid hearing what they need to know. In reality, asking permission simply means choosing the right moment and creating openness for feedback. This step puts the other person in a re...
When an employee gives their boss feedback, it's called “upward feedback.” This term describes a situation where someone with lower seniority and power within the company provides feedback to someone with a higher rank. Companies that prioritize this feedback direction are considered to have a...
“When we have difficult feedback to give, we enter the discussion uneasily, and this pushes us to the side of fear and judgment, where we believe we know what is wrong with the other person and how we can fix him,” writes Frederic Laloux in his bookReinventing Organizations. “If we...
It’s important to be sensitive and professional about how you give feedback, and the types of feedback you give, especially when it isn’t requested or part of an official feedback session. Setting up asales meetingor choosing a time, such as in the examples of feedback for your manage...
Do you get enough feedback from your team? What if despite your best efforts, your team is not coming to you with feedback as often as you'd like? How can you get your team to give you more feedback? While your team members have to be the ones to come up with the feedback, th...
This can actually inhibit your ability to say what you truly want to say. There is no such thing as positive or negative feedback—it’s all just feedback. You’re giving advice on the behaviors that need to be corrected, not on the individual’s character. If you give and...
Coaching the team.An effective and successful leader coaches team members and helps them achieve organizational goals. Along the way, employees will develop skills to get the necessary results. Coaching is about offering feedback, extending the team’s performance, and showing expected work ethics an...
Learn from the experience of five successful thought-leaders how to give feedback that inspires and motivates your team to act.
Both positive and negative feedback have the biggest impact when you give them as close to the event as possible. If your feedback is positive, waiting to recognize workers can leave them feeling like their hard work has gone unnoticed. That can be demotivating and discourage your team members...
Email: Use this for after-hours and more in-depth conversations your team can refer back to Real-time chat: Best to use for quick interactions and asking urgent questions Video chat: Ideal for interviews (for visual cues), complex or constructive feedback, and live training for a better und...