When was the last time you gave someone you work with feedback that was more than just “nice one!” or “great!”?
If you don’t give direct, constructive, helpful feedback you’re doing your team a disservice.
It’s so much easier to keep your thoughts to yourself – to hold it in and move on with your day, or to try to do the task yourself next time. But neither of these options help you build a great team, and neither of these options help the individual who needs the feedback most.
Two sides of feedback
There are two sides to feedback – the giving and the receiving.
Something we are always working to infuse within the team at GoSquared is a shared understanding of why feedback is so important – it enables each of us to improve and be the best we can be.
The following talk from Kim Scott on Radical Candor is a helpful step in the right direction for understanding why feedback is important and how you can encourage everyone on your team to get better at giving and receiving it.