<aside> 💡 Regular feedback is one of the tools that teams need most. It’s a shortcut to improvement and better collaboration. Done well, feedback will help your colleagues, your team and your organisation. And receiving feedback about the impact you’re having on other people is a huge (often untapped) source of personal growth. We are all better off if we understand our impact on others.
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*Brain-friendly feedback (4 mins)
**How Leaders Can Get the Feedback They Need to Grow** | Harvard Business Review (5 mins)
*6 Tips for giving helpful feedback | Kim Scott (6 mins)
The No Hard Feelings Guide to Getting Feedback | Liz & Mollie (3 mins)
The No Hard Feelings Guide to Giving Feedback | Liz & Mollie (3 mins)
**Why your feedback sessions are terrifying your employees** | Lisa Gill (4 mins)
Feedback at Netflix: 4 powerful guidelines | Corporate Rebels (4 mins)
**Creating a feedback culture in your organization** | Corporate Rebels (4 mins)
How to give and receive feedback & peer support groups | Manuel Küblböck (10 mins)
This works for all types of teams, not just ‘agile’ teams.
*The Future of Feedback | Brave New Work podcast with Kim Scott, author of Radical Candour (68 mins)
Are you open to some feedback? Gulp. That one word is enough to send most of us packing. Why? Because we've endured far too many "conversations" that were infrequent, impersonal, critical, and one-sided. But, it is possible to do feedback right. We talk about why it's critical to question our assumptions and reinvent this pervasive practice. Later, we’re joined by Kim Scott, author of Radical Candor, who teaches us how to balance caring personally and challenging directly.
Mellody Hobson on taking tough feedback | WorkLife with Adam Grant (37 mins)
Criticism rarely comes wrapped in a shiny gift box, tied with a bow. As a trailblazing leader, one of Mellody Hobson’s gifts is finding the diamond in the rough. She and Adam unpack how to look for the grain of truth in any critique, when to discount feedback, and what it takes to be honest without being brutal.
How to Love Criticism | WorkLife with Adam Grant (34 mins)
What if you could tell your co-workers what you really think of them? At the world’s most successful hedge fund, everyone is rated and ranked constantly – in front of everyone. They’ve figured out how to embrace negative feedback, and they swear it’s essential to their success. Adam shows how you can learn to take criticism well – and get better at dishing it out.
Should you only give your coworkers feedback to their face? | Atlassian (23 mins)
If a coworker had feedback for you, would you rather they say it to your face, or do you prefer to receive it anonymously? Today’s debate challenges you to think again about the best way to critique your colleagues.