Communication skills: Providing feedback that has an impact 21 Articles

by Dolores Moore

Imagine how you feel when, after working on something, despite your best efforts, things did not go right. Your boss comes along and says "Look at this, it is just not good enough." That's feedback, right in the face, de...read more

by Alisa Mantall

Providing feedback to your teenaged child can be rewarding, but let's face it, they have other things on their minds. They begin dating, school work gets monotonous, friends become distant, their lives are changing. They n...read more

by Randa Morris

In trying to make an impact on another person, whether at home, at work, or in extended or social settings, there are certain techniques you can use to help ensure that the listener is able to process and apply what you ar...read more

by Leanne Bloms

Providing feedback has a huge impact on everything. If you are providing feedback at work it is showing that you understand what they are talking about. You are thinking about what they are saying as well as perhaps you ...read more

by D. James

Effective Feedback The usual reaction to feedback is generally positive, as long as it is perceived as objective and informative rather than critical and demeaning. There is now a specific problem where feedback should ...read more

by Sparx

The most effective feedback starts with a person who is willing to actually accept realistic and honest feedback. Too often people only want "the good news". This has become the age of entitlement and all things negativ...read more

by Erinmarie

Feedback from peers is vital when determining just how an individual perceives themselves. Some people think it shouldn't be, but you sure can't argue that it is. If you are a parent, the things you say to your childre...read more

by Sam Hernandez

Effective feedback is timely, specific and sincere. First, think about your audience. Your feedback should be framed by an effective communication style. Tailor your style to meet your audience's needs (e.g. delivery,...read more

by Ethel Smith

Many of us, at some time or other in our lives, may receive feedback, ask for it or have to offer feedback to someone else. It could be yourself wanting feedback if, for example, you have been unsuccessful in a job applica...read more

by Adele Gregory

Feedback is giving a second opinion. Good feedback helps a person step back from their work or behavior and view it through someone else's eyes. So the more clearly and precisely you can communicate your experience, the m...read more

by Rob Bryant

Providing feedback that has an impact but which does not cause the other person to become defensive is an art. It is always best, when providing feedback, to begin with something positive and, if possible, end with somethi...read more

by Jane Leacock Graydon

In order to provide feedback that has an impact, it is important that it be delivered properly. It is essential to make some positive comments prior to anything negative. Find something positive and useful about the pers...read more

by Sandra Petersen

You have been asked to conduct a job performance session with an employee. Will your approach be like that of Simon Cowell on American Idol' or will your feedback lead to better job performance? Even before the session...read more

by Paul O Meara

Constructive or destructive, how do you want your feedback? As an answer, I would say that we all want and desire constructive feedback. The type of feedback that we receive has a massive impact upon how we preform in our ...read more

by Will Kester

There are many ways of delivering criticism, some is positive and some is negative in the way it is delivered and the way it is heard. "You are doing a terrible job and will be canned soon and then the company will su...read more

by Eric Durso

The key in any successful team, business, or corportation is organization, which is the ability to effectively have a group of diverse units function for one ultimate purpose. A organization must be just that: organized. ...read more

by Just luvin Jones

In order to provide feedback that has an impact you must be a strong willed, honest person. You have to be bias and not go easy on someone because they are your friend or relative. You have to critique them with distinct p...read more

by Jan Sterrett

There are many ways to provide feedback that has an impact. For Internet purposes, I've both given and received that kind of feedback many times. In reading many articles on various topics other people have often provi...read more

by MysLykeMeeh

Feedback can be sometimes productive or counter productive. It depends on how people applies it into their lives and used it as a main tool to improve themselves. Positive feedback can be sometimes misleading, for other pe...read more

by Deanne

The best way to give feedback with an impact is to do it in a postive way. Instead of saying something would have been better another way give a positive point with it for example: Sue you really could have made a bette...read more