Giving feedback may be difficult. It may trigger fears that the conversation will damage the relationship or disrupt workflow. As a result, the feedback may come too late, be vague, or shared in the way that makes it very heavy.
Truly seeking and taking in feedback is also challenging. Our ego resists what it perceives as criticism, or threat to our security and feeling accepted by others. So, it is tempting to downplay the feedback, withdraw from the relationship, or, on the contrary, vehemently defend yourself. And yet regular feedback exchange is the basic element of a team’s effective functioning.
In this episode we explore how to cultivate feedback as intentional, day-to-day connecting practice.
