Sometimes when people give you feedback it can be a hard pill to swallow. However, remember it is free information and you have the choice entirely whether you want to take it on board or not.
Some people find it very challenging to accept feedback and can get very uncomfortable around giving it, even when it is positive.
So much of it has to be around how it is delivered and there are occasions when it can feel patronising when someone delivers feedback; however, the key skill here is to see beyond the delivery
technique and focus on the quality of the message.
Sometimes people won’t necessarily immediately recognise how positive some feedback can be. It may take a while for them to reassess and to later recognise the positive impact it has made on their lives.
To receive honest, constructive feedback is much like receiving a gift, whether we think so or not at the time. The challenge is to receive feedback with an open mind and learn from it, and disregard our
natural instinct to defend ourselves or our actions.
As Eleanor Roosevelt said: “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
By developing the attitude that feedback is a gift in disguise it will enable you to be more positive and more confident about this life skill as a development tool. It will help you to tap into your undiscovered and unleashed potential and also help you to help others to achieve more and to become more successful.
“Feedback is the breakfast of champions”
Ken Blanchard
Top Tips on Feedback
View feedback as the food of progress
Be responsive and open-minded
Focus on behaviour not personality
Only feed back what can be changed
Make feedback a positive experience
Champions know that success is inevitable; there is no such thing as failure, only feedback. They know that the best way to forecast the future is to create it.
Written by Liggy Webb