Feedback Strategies

General Thoughts on Feedback:

In my last feedback post, Feedback Thoughts, I spoke about how over the summer I did some job shadowing with a drilling company in Houston and they were trying to implement an anonymous feedback system. The most important part of the feedback system, according to the H.R. representative, was that the employees take it seriously and give honest feedback. This being said, my personal opinion on feedback is the same as the H.R. representative; in order to be helpful it must be taken seriously and be completely honest. Giving feedback can be difficult, since I always worry about offending someone, but I have found that being critical and honest is not the same thing as being mean.

Thoughts on Feedback Articles:

When choosing an article, I was immediately interested in How to Craft Constructive Feedback, by Laura Gibbs. I think the 3 step system to observe, describe, and suggest will be a very useful format to follow in the future when I am giving feedback to evaluate a performance. This is because in my potential career, the purpose of the feedback will not be focused on self expression, but rather performance.

I also found the article Specific Feedback that Helps Learning , by Justin Chando to be very helpful and informative. Although the article is directed to help a teacher give feedback to a student, I think the overall concepts will help me in this class as well as in the future. As the article states, great feedback gives a path to a better future, no matter what is being critiqued, so it is important to give specific advice that could act as a guide. Another piece of advice I thought was important was to be honest and transparent, in order for the feedback to be relevant and useful. 

(Feedback, Loud and Clear. Credit to geralt at pixabay)