Guide For Constructive Feedback

ref: LIOS Handout, Developing Your Self: Learning to Learn From Experience; p26

  1. Create a constructive context
    “Are you open to feedback/coaching?”
     
  2. Describe their behavior
    “When you …”
     
  3. Share your feelings
    “I feel …”
     
  4. Identify thoughts, beliefs
    “I think …”
     
  5. Pause for discussion  
    listening; paraphrasing
    Make sure the receiver is “with you”
     
  6. Describe your behavior
    “What I do in response is …”
     
  7. Share intent or what you want
    “I would like …”
     
  8. Explore impacts
    “What is the impact?”

 


cf.: Feedback - Behavioral Specific vs. Judgments
cf.: Reframing What Feedback Means


Ashley Guberman, Organizational Development Resources