You are in a discussion about how to do something better at work. There is good agreement that the practice needs to be changed. The idea of the meeting is to canvass suggestions to be evaluated after a series of meetings to generate ideas. The discussion is going well, and then. One of your organisation’s […]
Tip For Receiving Feedback – If Your Mouth Is Open, Your Ears Are Closed
Many people don’t like giving feedback – they may fear that any comment seen as critical will be unwelcome. They may fear the opposite – that telling you what you do well may be seen as sucking up. Let’s deal with feedback about what you do well How graciously do you respond to this? Often […]
Tell Me What Your Really Thinking – The Importance of Board Feedback
“I am so frustrated. My board is made up of some wonderful passionate and well intentioned people, but they are absolutely hopeless in giving me any constructive feedback on how I and my senior team are travelling. We are flying blind you know”” This was the opening remark from a seasoned not for profit CEO I recently […]