Feedback is accepted as criticism, comments intended to be constructive are received as personal judgment… In business, feedback highly flammable. However, to build your career, you also need to know how to understand how you are perceived at work.
“Be careful not to be too rude in client meetings.” “You cut people off too much.” “Thanks for the report you sent me, can you lighten it up next time? This one is a bit dense.’ There are many examples of this reaction from colleagues or managers in the office, sometimes falling between two doors or a short email. Not necessarily aggressive, but not pleasant to hear or read, this feedback, no doubt intended to be constructive, tends to strain relationships between partners.
And for good reason. “Managers are ill-prepared, lack time, discipline and the necessary words,” laments Beyond Associés co-founder, executive coach Michel Tobelem. Not to mention that white-collar workers are less comfortable feedback than blue-collar workers. One type of social rule in complex executive environments is not to say anything disturbing, but to think about it no less. At the risk of disturbing…
Source: Le Figaro
