Importance of Giving and Receiving Feedback in the Workplace

Posted by GoodSpace on April 9th, 2021

Feedback delivered well builds connection, strengthens relationships, and creates a trusting work environment. – Morris

“Feedback”, when some people hear this word, they generally start assuming negative connotation, but giving and receiving does not need to be a daunting experience. When constructive feedback is given and received, it can help people thrive professionally as well as personally.

In the workplace, we receive and give feedback time-to-time. Whether explicit through oral or written language or implicit in gestures or tone of voice, feedback conveys information about behaviors and provides an evolution of the quality of those behaviors.

Getting feedback is the first method for boosting your effectiveness as a leader or as a part of any team. But if it is not done right, it can be an inexhaustible source of frustration, cynicism, and a waste of time. Only effective feedback can bring unconscious incompetence into the conscious, so you can capitalize on your strengths and start working on your weaknesses.

Effective Feedback

Effective feedback is a way of giving input that can be positive like a compliment, negative like corrective measure, or neutral like a general observation, but it will always be beneficial for the receiver. It provides insights or suggestions that can contribute to desired results. When you are giving feedback to someone, focus on being supportive, encouraging, and specific on the direction that is needed to change.

Importance of Giving and Receiving Feedback in the Workplace

• Giving and receiving feedback is important to change behaviors, boost productivity and evaluate performance.
• Employees need to know what they are doing well and areas where they can do better so they can know what to continue doing and what to change.
• Feedback challenges people to keep performance at a higher level.
• Employees get a new perspective when they get feedback on how their behaviors or work impact those around them
• Employees are more likely to get involved in the world when they get feedback on their work time-to-time.
• Feedback is a game-changer in letting people feel useful and valued by reminding them what they do matters.
• Communication channels are open when giving or receiving peer-to-peer feedback, which can help to solve issues before they become unmanageable.
• Feedback aligns workplace behavior with the overall goals of a team or an organization.

These are major points showing the importance of giving and receiving feedback. While this is just beginning, people in a company need cyclImportance of Giving and Receiving Feedback es of feedback, to improve continuously.

On GoodSpace, we encourage people to give and receive feedback from their friends and colleagues anonymously. Receiving positive feedback will help you develop a high Goodness score and find exciting new opportunities for professional growth. The Feedback received by a GoodSpace member impacts their Goodness Score which is visible on the internet. A high Goodness Score establishes the trust placed in a member by their peers and enables them to find exciting new opportunities for professional growth.  The best part is that all Feedback given or received by a member shall remain anonymous unless chosen to be shared.