jonathanym1992

The Story of Feedback Remember driving home from work or taking a long trip to your parent's home for chistmas? Thoughts and plans jumping in the mind, imagination woven together with excitement. And, the surge of emotion causing impatience to get there. Only if you had a magic wand to cut the time by hours. But reality is that there are turns and exists. They stand on every corner like a bully, smirking at you. They demand that you slow down. They seem to break the momentum. They force you...

Let's talk about the dreaded F word. Feedback. Feedback has a bad rep with people. Just like an infamous haunted house in the town, feedback has earned a negative connotation in teams and organizations. Not only does the receiver dread it, the boss who has to give it, finds it difficult because of the potential harm it might do to the relationship and the source's image. On the contrary, feedback is what feeds the performance of individuals on teams. Feedback is what holds communicaiton...

In many organizations, the mission, vision and value statements hang silently on the walls. People glance at them once in a while but they don't mean much to them. What's worst is when organizations say something in their mission, vision and values but their actions are diametrically and visibly opposite to their words. On the surface, such a misalignment does not seem to mean much but people observe or at least sense the mismatch. Overtime, this mismatch causes feelings of distrust. When...