How to grow from feedback

From an early age, feedback is an essential part of personal and professional personal and professional development.

Who doesn’t remember parent-teacher conferences at school, getting feedback from professors at university and then later at work? Feedback has immense power and impact in many areas of life, especially in a professional context. This power can have both positive and negative effects, depending on how the feedback is given and received.

Being high on learning approach, I remember the first feedbacks I received particularly well. Such as for example, the prompt feedback from my choir teacher when I auditioned for the lead singer in in ‘Little Man What Now’. Immediately after the audition, she said in front of the whole choir: ‘No, your voice is unsympathetic’. I still remember this to this day. Years later, working in consulting, I eagerly was waiting for my annual appraisal feedback which ended like this: ‘Nicole, you have received great feedback from everyone involved in your appraisal, we are totally satisfied and happy with your performance. You’ve integrated so well and are one of our high potentials internally. Unfortunately, we can’t promote you, you just haven’t been not been with us long enough’. What did tenure have to do with my performance, was what I thought.

Feedback is important for so many reasons:

1. Feedback promotes growth and development

Feedback gives individuals the opportunity to recognize their strengths and weaknesses. This enables them to work specifically on improvements and continuously develop their skills.

2. Feedback improves performance

Regular feedback enables employees and teams to adapt and optimize the way they work. Constructive feedback helps to identify inefficient methods and replace them with more effective approaches.

3. Feedback increase motivation

Positive feedback strengthens the self-confidence and motivation of the recipients. Recognition for good performance can increase job satisfaction and spur employees on to further top performance.

4. Feedback promotes open communication

Through continuous feedback, organizations and individuals canres pond flexibly to change and continuously improve. This is particularly advantageous in fast-moving industries.

5. Feedback clarification of expectations

Feedback helps to communicate expectations and goals more clearly. This helps employees to better understand their role and tasks and avoid misunderstandings.

6. Feedback strengthens relationships

Regular feedback can strengthen the trust and relationship between supervisors and employees. It shows that the manager is interested in the well-being and development of their employees.

7. Feedback enables adjustments and improvements

Continuous feedback allows organizations and individuals to respond flexibly to change and continuously improve. This is particularly beneficial in fast-moving industries.

8. Most importantly: Feedback supports strategic self-awareness

Feedback encourages self-reflection. It encourages recipients to question their own actions and decisions and to learn from mistakes.

Conclusion

Feedback is an indispensable tool for personal and professional growth. It promotes performance, motivation and communication and contributes to creating a positive and productive working environment. Through constructive and regular feedback, both individuals and organizations can achieve their organizations can achieve their goals more effectively and make continuous progress.

Precisely because feedback has so much power, the topic is an important one for us at metaBeratung. We strive to continuously support you in helping you create your feedback sessions to be remembered. Our regular Hogan Refresher workshops aim at giving you the skills to prepare and run your Hogan Feedback sessions. Since 2024, we even offer more comprehensive Advance Feedback and Interpretation Workshops. Check out our website – we look forward to welcoming you.

Enjoy your next feedback sessions,

Nicole Neubauer