WFH is no excuse to ignore feedback and appraisal … … Working from home makes some things easier and others harder. Thank you, thank you. I also think it a profound insight. What’s with the thank you, thank you? Feedback and appraisal! Giving feedback and doing appraisals are hard. But they are much harder to…
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If You Wait for Feedback, Your Career Will Be Buried in Sand
You own your performance. Own your appraisal as well. … … I come from the land of the Ostrich and I have a question for you. When it comes to feedback on your performance at work, do you bury your head in the sand? You do? Well, be different this year. Don’t wait for the…
Seek multiple sources of unlikeable feedback
Only one source can be worse than no feedback … … I’m annoyed with whoever positioned my air-conditioner thermostat. It is in a warm part of the house, which means the air-con stays on longer that it should. That got me thinking. We have many gadgets that only work well if they get decent feedback…
Please care enough to criticize someone you like
– If I don’t get criticized soon, then things will become critical around here. Critical as in crisis. Positive feedback won’t help me much, because then I might smile and become complacent. Negative feedback won’t help me much because then I might frown and become defensive. I need critical feedback, feedback based on objective judgment…