𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐭 𝟓 𝐨𝐟 𝟏𝟎

𝐅𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭.

𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 . They can stay silent, disengage,
or walk away. Each of those options leaves you in the dark and
provides no chance to address the issue. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 ’𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤
𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭, not a complaint.

𝐅𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞
𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 . 𝐀 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲
𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 . It tells you what’s
working, where trust is thin, and what needs to change. Treating it as
criticism to defend against misses the point. Treating it as insight to
act on builds credibility.

𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬
𝐀𝐬𝐤 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 . Waiting for the annual survey means you’re 11 months
late to the conversation.

𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 . People need to feel heard before they’ll
believe action will follow.

𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐩𝐮𝐭 . Acknowledge feedback in real time and
share how it shaped your next step.

𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 . 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝
𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 . Think about employee surveys. How many times have
people filled them out, only to see nothing come from it? 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐩
𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟖 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫
𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬 (Gallup, State of the
American Workplace). That gap turns what should be a gift into a
source of cynicism.

𝐅𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭 , 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 . When people
see that their input shapes the experience, trust grows, and so does
commitment.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 ’𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐭
𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 ?

Week 8 LinkedIn Posts