For this weeks information on feedback strategies I read Why Do So Many Managers Avoid Giving Praise and How to Give Feedback Without Sounding Like a Jerk. What I most like about these readings was the focus on the fact that negative feedback is not bad. In the managers giving praise article, it was interesting that so many of the workers did not relate whether or not the manager was giving honest feedback on the negative. They were mostly influenced by whether there was also positive praise. Positive feedback, even when it's smaller, is important because it allows the workers to see that their efforts are noticed and appreciated. The key to that is, as discussed in the second article, being sincere. The compliment sandwich is seen as false and people can tell they're being buttered up. Conversely, workers are willing to accept both positive and negative feedback when it is given in an honest way. I also thought it was interesting and a good idea in the second article how the author emphasized the fact that the feedback should not be given in what seems to be a condescending manner. It's important to take yourself of a pedestal when you give feedback.
(Feedback from Wikipedia Commons)
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