From Dragonfly Partners. Shared as part of In It Together: A Framework For Conflict Transformation In Movement-Building Groups
Feedback defined #
Feedback is information about the impact of an individual’s past behavior that may influence that individual’s behavior in the future.
Feedback is helpful when:
- The behavior or situation really matters (it is having a significant impact)
- The behavior or situation is on-going (it is something that is continuing over time)
- The behavior or situation has a racialized dimension
Preparing to GIVE Feedback #
Clarify your goal.
- There should be a work or project-related reason
- Your intention should be:
- to empower the other person with honest information
- to express appreciation, honor competence and reinforce behavior that you or the organization are looking for
- to align expectations and priorities
- to provide information about what is working less well, or what needs to be improved, that can be used to modify behavior and lead to a different outcome
- to fill gaps in knowledge so that you can address problems together
- to connect
- Your intention should NOT be to change them
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