Effective feedback: Avoid ‘The Shit Wave’
“Why wasn’t this done exactly to my specs? Gahhhhhh!” (pause) “Well, even though you’re my manager, I haven’t spoken to you in six weeks.” Continue Reading
Feedback
How to give feedback: Lessons from John Wooden
How to give feedback is a pretty big business topic that we don’t often seem to discuss. Hell, so is feedback in general. I’m a pretty big fan of the whole idea of ‘feedback’ and ‘giving feedback’ and feel like… Continue Reading
How bosses can communicate with employees
Let’s look at four options stemming from two central concepts: how much you care and how much you’re willing to challenge your people. Continue Reading
The lack of feedback at most offices is stunning
I got this from here, which is in turn from here. (HubSpot is the first one; OfficeVibe is the second one.) The whole infographic is featured below, but take a look at the one above. Basically all your employees (98… Continue Reading
For the love of Christ, give feedback regularly at work
From here: The question, then, is how do you provide feedback in a constructive way. It takes practice, Robin says, but one key is making sure that feedback isn’t given just once in a while, but instead is part of… Continue Reading
The essential issues with giving feedback at work
Got the image above from Harvard Business Review. Before we get that far into this, how funny is that picture? It kinda summarizes feedback at work in a nutshell in 149 different ways. Here’s the article where I got the image… Continue Reading
360 degree feedback = concentration camp
When I was doing the whole UMN HRIR thing — which kind of broadly regressed my life in some ways — one of the major companies that came to speak to us was Anheuser-Busch. I love beer, and St. Louis… Continue Reading
If you want to be a successful leader, ask for feedback
Feedback is a boondoggle concept for a lot of people; it’s another one of those things that supposedly will be ushered into the mainstream with the advent of millennials in the workforce, although no one is entirely sure. Right now, you… Continue Reading