Receiving and Giving Feedback

 Hello friends! Today, I'll be sharing my notes on Receiving and Giving feedback from an article written by Prof. Dr. Acar Baltaş.

The article starts with a question: "Can the personality be changed within time?" I thought it would be. However, Baltaş says it's the actions that are changing, not the personality coming with genetics. Some factors causing a change in our actions are:

- time

- traumas

-psychotherapy

- feedback

Feedback plays a crucial role for the personal growth. We should get the maximum benefits from feedbacks but there are some points that should be taken into consideration while giving and receiving it. There is a misconception of that one with more experience or at an older age knows better. It is a huge misconception because the experience might be negative; repeated mistakes are also accepted as an experience. We should receive feedback from people regardless of their age and experience. Everyone has a different point of view. 

There is another issue we should be careful for. It is making the difference between intention and perception. We might want to seem sincere and be open towards people, yet, it might be perceived as sauciness or disrespectfulness. We judge people through our perceptions of their actions; nonetheless, we expect to be perceieved with our intentions. We should distinguish the difference and clarify what we want to say or comprehend.

Although it is a great way to improve and grow, feedbacks may discomfort us. Here are some reasons:

- We think we feel hard done by other people.

- We think those feedbacks are unnecessary.

- We have negative feelings towards the person giving feedback.

- We think it is a threat for our self-conception.

So, what should we do in order to get benefits from feedbacks?

We should:

- be careful about the attitude.

- distinguish the content and the agent ('what is being said' and 'by who')

- consider this feedback process as a personal coaching system.

- clarify the message and ask for suggestions.

- plan and put some effort to develop ourselves.

- ask for feedback. (If you ask for it, you will not take it personal)

Taking a lesson from the feedback is the most important procedure of personal growth. We should seek for feedback from both subordinate and superior people. 


RESOURCES

https://www.acarbaltas.com/geri-bildirim-almak-ve-vermek/

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