How to Give Feedback, Part I
So far I have been blogging about asking for and receiving feedback. Now we will examine how to give useful feedback. One way to give useful feedback is through the following model. Because feedback is just information, this model is appropriately called INFO: Inquire: The first step always is to find out if your feedback […]
Are You Ready to Give Feedback?
REASONS FOR GIVING FEEDBACK So far I have been blogging about asking for and receiving feedback. Next we will examine how to give useful feedback. Before we do that, though, we need to look at reasons to give feedback, both valid reasons and reasons that don’t really work. There are various reasons for offering feedback, […]
Feedback (Part VI) — Elements of a Feedback Request
Remember we are starting our series with asking for and receiving feedback. In our first blog post on feedback, we identified four ways to obtain feedback for yourself: 1. Seek Clarity 2. Stop, Start, Continue 3. Specific Questions 4. Making an Effective Feedback Request Today we continue to the fourth. 4. Elements of an […]
Feedback (Part V) – Ask Specific Questions
Remember we are starting our series with asking for and receiving feedback. In our first blog post on feedback, we identified four ways to obtain feedback for yourself: 1. Seek Clarity 2. Stop, Start, Continue 3. Specific Questions 4. Making an Effective Feedback Request Today we continue to the third. 3. Specific Questions Many businesses […]
Feedback (Part IV) – Stop, Start, Continue
Remember we are starting our series with asking for and receiving feedback. In our first blog post on feedback, we identified four ways to obtain feedback for yourself: 1. Seek Clarity 2. Stop, Start, Continue 3. Specific Questions 4. Making an Effective Feedback Request Today we continue to the second. 2. Stop, Start, Continue Previously […]
Feedback (Part III) – Seek Clarity
Remember we are starting our series with asking for and receiving feedback. In our first blog post on feedback, we identified four ways to obtain feedback for yourself: 1. Seek Clarity 2. Stop, Start, Continue 3. Specific Questions 4. Making an Effective Feedback Request Today we start with the first. 1. Seek Clarity In […]
Feedback (Part II) – Identifying Feedback
In beginning our in-depth examination of feedback and how to use it, we should start with considering what it is. Since the first mode of learning from feedback (our next blog post) is Seeking Clarity on the meaning of the feedback, we will obviously need first to identify the feedback. What is Feedback? Broadly, all […]
Feedback is Good Information – Overview (Part I)
We are going to embark on a series regarding a valuable element of business, and of any aspect of life where you seek to create change. The concept I will be discussing over the next several weeks is that of feedback. I started with an overview which I sent in my McLaren Coaching newsletter on […]
