Feedback Strategies

 How to Give Feedback Without Being a Jerk by Adam Grant talks about ways to preface feedback. Although the common thing is to go compliment-feedback-compliment, Grant says that usually only serves to make people defensive. Instead, he recommends that you explain why you are giving the feedback. Next, you should take yourself off a pedestal. Make sure that they know you are in/were in their exact position. You can also ask if the person wants feedback to see if they are open to it or not. You should also be extremely transparent with your dialogue. This all sounds really good to me. I think having a transparent dialogue is extremely important. If people feel like you are trying to manipulate them, they are going to be angry and defensive right from the start.

                                                                     Getting Feedback


The Difference Between Praise and Feedback, Anya Kamenetz talks about how telling kids ‘good job’ all the time may promote a fixed mindset which will make them less likely to confront challenges and problems. Some other ways to praise children are praising their hard works or their effort. A second way is giving both positive and negative feedback to children. Work to understand their thought processes so that you can understand why they do what they do. Some people think that our society praises children too much, and that this is negatively impacting them. I do not think we praise children too much, but I do think we should understand why they do the things they do. 

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