It’s appraisal season where I work and I spent a significant amount of this morning writing feedback on various colleagues’ performance. \u00a0One that did amuse me though, was the annotation on one colleague’s form:<\/p>\n
“Please be honest. Feedback is a gift, like a woolly jumper from your auntie at Christmas. You might not like it but you take it with good grace and remember that it was sent with the best possible intentions.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Nice one. Many people take constructive feedback as a negative\u00a0(and it can be hard to give). At least this approach\u00a0encourages others to provide honest opinions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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