Issue 35 👉Become a Better Achiever By Asking and Acting on Feedback Received

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Become a Better Achiever By Asking and Acting on Feedback Received

In your quest to become a better achiever and a more confident person, getting input from people you trust can speed things up.

Even though receiving constructive feedback can be uncomfortable sometimes, it's a requirement for you to realize areas you have the potential to do better, so you can achieve what you want easier and faster.

Not all feedback is useful, therefore knowing what to do when giving and receiving it will make it easier to identify what to act on and what to ignore.

This issue focuses on various aspects of feedback, including the mindset shift that will make receiving it a joyful experience, how to fix the way you give it, and what you should or should not do when providing it.

Included in this issue:

The Joy of Getting Feedback (Video)
The Importance of Giving Feedback Effectively (Video)
10 Things You Should Never Do When Giving Employee Feedback (Article)
Want to Fix Your Feedback? It May Be Easier Than You Think (Article)
Giving Feedback to Promote Confidence and Learning (Article)
How to Give Constructive Feedback to Your Employees (Infographic)
What is Performance Feedback? (Article)

Continue reading to find out.

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Video Lesson

The Joy of Getting Feedback

What if getting feedback is not a source of worry or fear, and is a source of joy? For this to happen requires a mindset shift.

In this video, speaker and author, Joe Hirsch, shares how feedback can lead to experiencing joy, which can also cause positive and lasting changes.

Credit: Joe Hirsch | TEDxTarrytown

The Importance of Giving Feedback Effectively

If you lead others, it's important to know the importance of giving feedback regularly and how to do it effectively.

In this video, learn why feedback is necessary for higher engagement, and how to give it that will cause the person receiving it to use it to improve how they do things.

Credit: Forward Focus | YouTube

Motivation Increase

Want to Fix Your Feedback? It May Be Easier Than You Think

Giving bad feedback can cause many issues, including lack of trust and reduced motivation.

In this post, learn steps you can take if you know the feedback you're providing is not having the impact you'd like.

Credit: Rodger Dean Duncan | Forbes.com

Leadership Lesson

10 Things You Should Never Do When Giving Employee Feedback

Giving feedback well is a skill all leaders should learn.

In this post, learn ten things you should never do when you need to inform someone how they're performing.

Credit: inc.com

Confidence Boost

Giving Feedback to Promote Confidence and Learning

Receiving feedback that's meaningful and applicable can and should boost a person's confidence.

In this post, learn things that will help you give feedback that will increase people's confidence and promote further learning and development.

Credit: Helen Green | trainingzone.co.uk

Infographic

How to Give Constructive Feedback to Your Employees

Most people prefer positive feedback over constructive or negative feedback. Knowing how to give constructive feedback well is a skill that can be learned.

This infographic shows what you should or shouldn't do before, during and after feedback sessions.

Credit: entrepreneur.com

Performance Improvement

What is Performance Feedback?

Performance management or feedback is common in workplaces and is an integral component of a business's success.

In this post, learn more about performance feedback and how making it an important part of the way a business operates will lead to increased performance, productivity and profits.

Credit: Kimberlee Leonard | chron.com

Inspiring Quote

Receiving Feedback Will Cause You to Improve

It's often said feedback is the breakfast of champions.

Latest Blog Content

How to Handle Criticism Without Affecting Your Confidence

Criticism can be useful if it's intended to help a person improve, and progress personally and professionally. How it's given will determine whether it's helpful or if it's unwarranted.

In this post, learn five ways to handle criticism, so you can protect your confidence and shift your focus to how you can improve to get to your outcomes.

Final Words

Giving and Receiving Feedback Will Improve Your Performance

You cannot improve what you don't measure.

If you want to improve your performance, it's necessary to ask for feedback regularly.

When you make it a habit to ask for feedback often, you will also improve how you give feedback.

MAKE IT COUNT

An action step you can take this week is to ask someone you deal with regularly for feedback. A simple question you can ask is, "On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate how I did yesterday, last week, or last month?" Use the feedback you receive to identify areas for you to focus on.

Have a great week. Thank you for reading. 🙏

And always remember, live your greatness! 🙌

Best wishes,

Neel Raman

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