Giving Feedback
Don’t make these common mistakes when you’re giving feedback:
1. Being too vague
it’s important to keep the feedback short and concise and avoid waffling at all costs!
2. Giving feedback over email
It’s almost always read and taken the wrong way, which will do more harm than good.
3. Handing them a shit sandwich
If you say something constructive, but then say afterwards, but you’re still doing a great job – you’re devaluing the importance of the feedback you’re trying to give.
4. Not being empathetic
Feedback should be delivered as so to show the person you’re trying to help them.
5. Waiting for an annual review to give negative feedback
This just wastes loads of time and is not the best use of the annual review at all. If your company does annual reviews, they should be positively focused.
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