Often, leaders hold back on honest conversations due to uncertainty about reactions, but feedback is essential for personal and professional development. In this episode, we’ll explore how to craft thoughtful, constructive feedback that is both professional and empathetic, aiming to serve and improve the recipient.
You’ll also learn about tools like the “feedback download” and the feedback mindmap, which help streamline your thoughts and ensure clarity between supervisors and associates. We’ll cover how to structure feedback sessions, craft effective emails to initiate these discussions, and ensure that feedback is clear and actionable. By the end of the episode, you’ll have the confidence and techniques to deliver feedback that leaves your team knowing exactly what they excel at and where they can grow.
What You’ll Learn In Today’s Episode:
- Strategies to break the cycle of withholding feedback.
- How to manage fear around giving honest performance feedback.
- Crafting thoughtful, constructive feedback.
- The importance of professional and empathetic feedback delivery.
- Using the “feedback download” to streamline thoughts.
- Understanding factual feedback vs. opinions.
- Crafting an easy email to start feedback conversations.
- Utilizing the feedback mindmap for clarity.
- Ensuring feedback sessions are clear and actionable.
- Techniques for summarizing feedback effectively.
Ideas Worth Sharing:
“Crafting honest and thoughtful feedback is meant to improve and service the other person.” – Elisia Keown Share on X “It helps to have clarity between the associate and the supervisor, and the best way to do that on the record is to put it in the review.” – Elisia Keown Share on X “Make sure that your feedback is so apparent and so obvious by the end of your conversation that when they get out of the meeting, they can summarize it very clearly.” – Elisia Keown Share on XResources In Today’s Episode:
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