The One & Only Employee Feedback Framework You Will Ever Need
4 dialogue-starters for more productive feedback conversations.
We’ve all been told at some point in our careers that “feedback is a gift.” While that may be true, many leaders struggle with how to give their teams the gift of feedback in a way that will resonate and inspire.
Too delicate of a message, and you run the risk of that person not bothering to unwrap your gift at all. Too harsh, and you might see the recipient of your hastily wrapped gift completely shutdown right before your eyes.
Anticipating the extremes of these reactions is enough to make some leaders avoid giving feedback entirely.
But giving feedback doesn’t have to be something you dread doing. There is a little known but highly effective way to give feedback to your team that you can master by the time you finish this reading article called “Brag, Worry, Wonder, Bet” (BWWB).
Steve King is the former Executive Director of the Center for Professional and Executive Development for the Wisconsin School of Business at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. In his book, “Brag, Worry, Wonder, Bet: A Manager’s Guide to Giving Feedback,” he shares the specifics of the BWWB framework.
