Focus on Feedforward
For this week's feedback thoughts, we are supposed to learn and discuss the ideas of giving praise or non-praise in feedback comments. Before I even picked out what articles I wanted to read I know that my personal thoughts are that it is better to give some praise when providing feedback. I think making sure the reader knows that the effort they extended to complete a project should be noted and praised then constructive criticism can be given.
The first article I read was Try Feedforward Instead of Feedback by Marshall Goldsmith. What I enjoyed about in this article was that feedforward is about helping with the future. Instead of criticizing what someone did wrong in the past, which causes most people to become defensive, feedforward gives ideas for what someone can do in the future. Feedforward helps the person grow and learn so that they can change something the action for the future. Feedforward is about finding the positive actions that can help someone succeed in the future. This seems like a better way to receive feedback or feedforward.
The second article I read was Be A Mirror: Give Readers Feedback that Fosters a Growth Mindset by Gravity Goldberg. The author describes how to be a mirror when giving feedback by reflecting back without judgment. A mirror must be specific, focus on what is there, focus on the process and work, transfer it and lastly take yourself out of the feedback. The last part of the advice, removing yourself out of the feedback, I am very guilty of doing. Instead, the article says I should focus on the reader, not myself when giving feedback. I want to work on when I write comments to others not using pronouns for myself, but focusing my comments towards the person I am commenting on.
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Image: Kitten with a mirrored image of himself. Source: flickr by TD Labs
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