Often in the workplace, we need to provide feedback to others. When feedback isn\u2019t positive, how can you ensure it\u2019s still useful?<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Never make it personal<\/strong><\/p>\n Whatever feedback you need to provide, always ensure it\u2019s about the job\/work\/task\/project. Feedback should never directly relate to the person. For example, you could say: \u2018When communicating you could try using this approach\u2026\u2019 \u2018Rather than: \u2018You\u2019re a terrible communicator.\u2019<\/p>\n 2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Share what is working<\/strong><\/p>\n Providing useful feedback should also include what does work. What is being done well? What is effective? Sharing this is just as important as what\u2019s not working. It enables the person to know what their strengths are, and what they should do more of.<\/p>\n 3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Provide examples and be detailed<\/strong><\/p>\n When sharing feedback, be prepared to explain why, and be specific. Without detail, it can be tough for the person to take action and improve. For example, instead of: \u2018The presentation didn\u2019t hit the mark.\u2019 You could say: \u2018The presentation didn\u2019t include enough detail on sales results in quarter one.\u2019<\/p>\n Effectively giving feedback is a skill. The more you do it, the better you will get at it. Take notice when people provide you with feedback as well. It\u2019s a great way to figure out what you think works and what doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Often in the workplace, we need to provide feedback to others. When feedback isn\u2019t positive, how can you ensure it\u2019s still useful? 1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Never make it personal Whatever feedback you need to provide, always ensure it\u2019s about the job\/work\/task\/project. Feedback should never directly relate to the person. For example, you could say: \u2018When communicating you…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"content_type":[],"class_list":["post-4007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nwpeople.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nwpeople.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nwpeople.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nwpeople.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nwpeople.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4007"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nwpeople.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36151,"href":"https:\/\/www.nwpeople.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4007\/revisions\/36151"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nwpeople.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/36150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nwpeople.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nwpeople.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nwpeople.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4007"},{"taxonomy":"content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nwpeople.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/content_type?post=4007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}