Give and Receive Feedback😮💨😮💨
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Feedback: The Corporate Love Language We Act Like We Comprehend!
Ah, yes, feedback. That enchanting corporate tradition where everyone nods in agreement, takes no notes, and then goes back to their previous tasks without any changes.📝✨
In theory, feedback is designed to foster our development.
In reality, it resembles a theatrical performance...
A subtle choreography between "I genuinely want to assist you in improving" and "I must utter something so HR won’t claim I was silent."💃🕺
Providing Feedback: A Hero’s Journey.
In a corporate setting, giving feedback often kicks off with a calendar invite labelled "Quick Catch-Up".
This should raise your first warning sign. 🚩
If it were genuinely quick, it would have been a Slack message; if it were truly a catch-up, it wouldn’t require a PowerPoint presentation.
You start, as is customary, with a compliment: "You’re doing an excellent job."
This implies one of two things: You are indeed performing well (which is unlikely), or an uncomfortable conversation is on the horizon (which is very likely).
Next comes the feedback sandwich.
Unfortunately, it’s not a real sandwich, but rather the feedback sandwich: praise, criticism, praise.🥪
By the end of it, no one recalls the bread, only the peculiar flavour in the middle.
Receiving Feedback: A Masterclass in Facial Control.
Receiving feedback demands a level of emotional control akin to that of an Olympic athlete.
Externally, you present yourself as calm, receptive, and genuinely grateful for the honesty; internally, however, you are revisiting every choice you've made since 2009.🧠🔥
You nod your head. You respond with: "That’s really helpful."
This translates in corporate speak to: "I will ponder this deeply for three days and then completely disregard it."
You fight the temptation to provide context, limitations, timelines, and even the laws of physics.
Because nothing embodies a “growth mindset” quite like silently struggling inside while keeping eye contact.👁️🙂
Actionable Insights (Because There Should Be Some).
No article on corporate feedback is truly finished without some actionable insights, so here they are:
- Always seek feedback, but only from those who already appreciate you.👍
- Provide feedback "frequently and promptly," ideally so often that it becomes meaningless.🔁
- Incorporate phrases like "lean in," "circle back," and "level set" to appear knowledgeable without delivering any concrete information.🎯
- Conclude every feedback discussion with "Let’s reconnect next quarter," guaranteeing that nothing will change until at least 2027.📆
In Summary:
Feedback within companies isn't focused on enhancement.
It's more about signalling. It's about the atmosphere. It's about everyone acknowledging that growth matters, just not at this moment.🌱
So move ahead. Provide feedback with courage. Accept it with grace.
And keep in mind: if everything else falls short, there's always the yearly engagement survey where you can be truthful... anonymously... and ultimately, nothing will change anyway.😊📊
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