Monthly Crucial Conversations April 2014 April 2014 | Page 3

Monthly Crucial Conversations

Volume 1, Issue 1

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WHAT'S YOUR FEEDBACK STYLE?
When you give people constructive feedback, are you blunt and forceful? Or are you more subtle and positive? And what are the
pros and cons?
1. I believe in giving employees more positive feedback than constructive feedback.
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2. I like to make constructive feedback easier to hear by finding something positive in the
employee’s performance to compliment them for.
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Agree
Disagree
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3. When I see one of my employees make a mistake, my first thought is usually something like…
“This is my fault for not having taught this person well enough.”
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4. I like to deliver constructive feedback through email. It avoids confrontation and gives the
employee the chance to react in private.
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Disagree
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5. If I give my employees lots of positive feedback for great work, it might make it harder for me
to criticize that person’s work when they do make a mistake in the future.
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6. Comparing employees to their peers is an effective way to drive home constructive feedback.
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7. Giving constructive feedback is not the time to invite a two-way conversation. It’s much safer
and easier to use an “I talk, you listen” approach.
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8. When I see an employee make a mistake, my first thought is usually something like… “What
the….? How do you make a mistake like that?”
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