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Answering: The best way to give me feedback is …

Explain how you would prefer praise, criticism and ongoing reviews to be given.

Everyone is different when it comes to receiving criticism and feedback, positive and negative; some people like written feedback and some people prefer informal chats in a coffee shop.

How do you like to hear good or bad news? Do you use different approaches for each type of feedback? How do you not want to receive feedback?

This is the most important way any of us develop, so make sure it is received in the right way.

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1/ Think about how you give feedback to others - quite often this might be the way in which wed like to receive it ourselves. Do you prefer to consider your thoughts and put it down in writing? Do you prefer to have a face to face conversation? Consider how you tend to offer feedback, and reflect if it relates to your preferences

2/ Think back to recent feedback youve received, and how it was given to you - how did you react to its delivery? Would you have preferred it in a different form? Was it useful to you, and did you find it easy to take in? Do this for a couple of different occasions and see if theres any patterns

3/ Speak to your colleagues and ask them the same question - see if they come up with any ideas or methods of giving feedback which resonate with you, you might discover new ways of sharing and receiving feedback that you hadnt considered.

Exercises

Here are some activities to help you answer this question:

Complimentary Coworkers

Gather feedback from others

Feedback Matrix

How do you like getting feedback?

Support Matrix

How do you best like being supported?

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