{"id":1405,"date":"2014-06-11T17:30:27","date_gmt":"2014-06-11T16:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/embargo.ch\/AllBlog\/?p=1405"},"modified":"2025-09-18T09:53:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T08:53:07","slug":"how-to-give-a-useful-feedback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/embargo.ch\/AllBlog\/how-to-give-a-useful-feedback\/","title":{"rendered":"How to give a useful feedback?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you ever received a feedback such as you simply don’t understand what to do with it? Never…? Me neither!<\/p>\n

See some samples: <\/p>\n

\n…You need to delegate more!
\n…I\u2019d like you to be more committed.
\n…You\u2019re not strategic enough.
\n…I heard it was said that you…
\n…and the list goes on.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This evaluates, interprets, judges … but does not describe the actual behavior to improve!!!<\/BIG><\/p>\n

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\nCommon mistakes about feedback. When it…<\/BIG><\/p>\n

\n…Judges individuals, not actions
\n…Is too vague
\n…Speaks for others
\n…Uses the classic \u201cgood-bad-good\u201d sandwich
\n…Exaggerates with generalities
\n…Psychoanalyzes motives behind behavior
\n…Goes on for too long
\n…Uses inappropriate humor
\n…Is a question, not a statement\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But prefer…<\/p>\n

\n…Be specific when recalling the situation
\n…Be specific when describing the behavior
\n…Acknowledge the impact of the behavior on you
\n…Pay attention to body language
\n…Use verbatim quotes when possible
\n…Give feedback in a timely manner
\n…Focus on \u201cI felt\u201d or \u201cI was\u201d statements
\n…Keep to a single message\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And most of all, it does not harm to be sensitive to the emotional impact of your feedback. After all, we are human \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

(with the help Hanneke C. Frese)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Have you ever received a feedback such as you simply don’t understand what to do with it? Never…? Me neither! See some samples: …You need to delegate more! …I\u2019d like you to be more committed. …You\u2019re not strategic enough. …I heard it was said that you… …and the list goes on. This evaluates, interprets, judges […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[376],"tags":[411,253,432,381],"class_list":["post-1405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-information-management","tag-feedback","tag-leadership","tag-management","tag-mba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/embargo.ch\/AllBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/embargo.ch\/AllBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/embargo.ch\/AllBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/embargo.ch\/AllBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/embargo.ch\/AllBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1405"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/embargo.ch\/AllBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1409,"href":"https:\/\/embargo.ch\/AllBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1405\/revisions\/1409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/embargo.ch\/AllBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/embargo.ch\/AllBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/embargo.ch\/AllBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}