Did you know, open and honest feedback is vital for your personal development?

This article you will learn about the 'Gift of Feedback' and why Feedback is important for your personal and professional development.  



“We all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how we improve.”

- Bill Gates



 



The Gift of Feedback


Continual feedback in OpenBlend is a process where feedback is easily gathered from your colleagues and your manager, as well as giving you a chance to self-reflect and evaluate. 


It further supports development by providing a simple way of collecting feedback and then having an action-led, coaching based discussion about it within your one-to-one sessions.


In OpenBlend, Feedback is based around two questions:

  • What is the individual doing well?
  • Where does the individual need support?


Why is Feedback important? 

All feedback is valuable and should be viewed as an opportunity for learning and development.


Feedback enables a more objective view on performance and behaviours, and gives talent valuable insight into how others see them. It enables a more objective view on performance and behaviours, and gives talent valuable insight into how others see them.


The Gift of Feedback

  • Giving honest and constructive feedback means you care for someone – you want to help them
  • The gift of feedback can be accepted, postponed or rejected
  • Feedback is valuable data we can use to help us improve our performance
  • Processing feedback is a life skill and should be seen as an opportunity for growth and learning


The Benefit of Feedback

  • Supports an individual’s development
  • Identify and leverage skills (not just praise)
  • Address support areas in real time
  • A framework to help collaborative discussions on how to best action feedback
  • Support from wider team


Feedback Facts

  • More than 75% of employees say feedback is valuable…yet less than 30% say they ever receive it
    Recruiter.com
  • Companies that implement regular employee feedback are have 14.9% lower turnover rates
    Gallup
  • 68% of employees have changed jobs because of a lack of learning and development
    onrec.com


When to use Feedback

Here are some common examples:

  • Personal growth & development - general feedback
  • Feedback to develop specific soft skills
  • As part of 360 feedback
  • As part of performance review



Why is Feedback not anonymous? 

  • We asked – this is what the modern workforce and our customers want
  • Drives high quality feedback – more thoughtful and in context
  • A coach would never use anonymous feedback in coaching session
  • Required to build the type of relationships Open Blend nurtures:
    • Trusting
    • Transparent
    • Encouraging of accountability
    • Action focused
    • Constructive language



Ready to get going? Check-out our Feedback overview how-to article to get started.