How Great Feedback Givers Do It So Well
I recently asked few dozen people who worked as full time team members or contractors about great feedback givers (GFGs) who helped them...
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- Jul 18, 2016
- 2 min
Dream of Excellence: A Great Way to Focus Your Feedback
You’re probably looking for practical feedback tips for improving your work team, and the idea of dreaming seems the opposite of...
- May 31, 2016
- 2 min
Build “Totalocity” With Others & Feedback Is Easy
Yesterday afternoon I heard a radio interview with a co-founder of Wolf Parade, a Canadian indie rock band. After hearing a clip of the...
- Apr 4, 2016
- 5 min
Are Anonymous Reviews Destructive? (Article/interview with Anna & others in SHRM online)
(From SHRM online, by Dana Wilkie, Published 3/31/16) The 360-degree feedback review has evolved, especially among big corporations, as a...
- Nov 28, 2015
- 2 min
Feedback Gets Easier When You Talk Goals More
The biggest reason you aren’t seeing optimal performance by others all the time is that they don’t see your goals the way you see...
- Oct 28, 2015
- 2 min
Keep Your Eye on the Prize When Giving Feedback: How to Psych Yourself Up!
As I talk with people who made the leap into giving and receiving great feedback, they are most enthusiastic about the good feelings and...
- Sep 29, 2015
- 1 min
Feedback Bombs Without A Shared Goal
Feedback sometimes comes out of the blue and it feels like someone is giving you advice about something you’re not even trying to do. At...
- Aug 29, 2015
- 2 min
Your Company Needs Feedback–Performance Review or No Performance Review
So many big-name companies have recently gotten rid of formal performance reviews–GE, Accenture, Adobe, and Medtronic, for instance. And...
- Jul 28, 2015
- 1 min
Companies are replacing performance reviews all over the place!
Few institutional practices are as old, or have been hated as long, as the performance review. Job ratings were used (and criticized) in...
- Jul 10, 2015
- 2 min
Adobe Proves That Feedback–Not Performance Review–Delivers Results and Happiness..And Why You Should
In 2011, software leader Adobe Systems figured out their annual performance review wastes tons of time and energy for little gain in...
- May 27, 2015
- 2 min
Top Companies Tossing (or Taming) Performance Reviews in Favor of Fast Feedback
Top companies such as Adobe, Juniper Systems, and Medtronic and have already tossed out annual performance reviews. Many other companies...
- Apr 14, 2015
- 2 min
Feedback for Team Members Who Are Pretty Good
If you’re a leader, you probably have several people on your team who are pretty good at what they do. And maybe they’ve been around a...
- Feb 12, 2015
- 3 min
It’s Extra Challenging for Technical Leaders to Give Feedback— But Extra Worth It When They Do!
Whether you lead a technical group or any other group, you probably avoid giving frequent, constructive feedback. My research shows that...
- Jan 5, 2015
- 5 min
Anna Carroll, interviewed by Laura Dunn in Huffington Post, 12/28/14
Anna Carroll, MSSW, through EverydayFeedback.com, specializes in workplace trends and training. In her recent book, The Feedback...
- Dec 29, 2014
- 3 min
Popular Advice to Stick to Employee Strengths Ignores the Helpfulness of Improvement Feedback
I’ve noticed a trend in management literature that’s grown over the last decade, and it’s still building momentum. Lots of articles and...
- Oct 20, 2014
- 3 min
From Coaching Tip: The Leadership Blog, 9/10/14, Separate Feedback from Performance Reviews
Performance reviews enter the feedback stage once a year with a lot of fanfare. It takes a bow, and in one big show it acknowledges a...
- Oct 14, 2014
- 4 min
From TLNT, 10/13/14, When Performance Reviews Simply Aren’t Enough
So, performance reviews aren’t enough? Performance reviews are slow feedback, as they only occur once a year. Most employees do not want...
- Sep 17, 2014
- 2 min
Having Fun with Feedback
Fun and feedback appear to have very little in common. If you are a manager, the whole thought of having to give feedback to people may...
- Aug 30, 2014
- 3 min
Performance Reviews are Not Collaborative Conversations
[Excerpt from my just-released book, The Feedback Imperative: How to Give Everyday Feedback to Speed Up Your Team’s Success] The main...
- Aug 25, 2014
- 1 min
Anna Carroll interview with 33 Voices on Insights from the Feedback Imperative: How to Give Everyday
I was recently interviewed by Moe Abdou, founder of 33 Voices. Highlights from the interview can be viewed on Slideshare.
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