Giving Effective Feedback


Feedback forms an essential part of personal development when it is delivered correctly and with purpose. When it is not thought out and subjective in nature it can be destructive and set back both personal development and working relationships.

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Giving Effective Feedback Definition

Feedback is defined as letting people know what they have done that has reached the standard, so that they can reproduce that behaviour, and what they have done that has not reached the standard, so that plans can be agreed with them on how to prevent a recurrence of that behaviour and how to progress towards the required standard, Russell T (1998).

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  • Barends et al (2022). Performance feedback: an evidence review. Scientific summary. London: Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
  • Blakey & Day (2012). Challenging Coaching, going beyond the traditional coaching to face the FACTS. Nicholas Brealey. London, United Kingdom.
  • Buron & McDonald-Mann (1999). Giving feedback to subordinates. Wiley. Germany.
  • Gregory et al (2011). Goals, feedback and self-regulation: Control theory as a natural framework for executive coaching. Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, Vol 63, No 1, 26-38.

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