You're looking to improve your job performance. What feedback should you be asking for?

1 Feedback on your design process

One of the core aspects of aerospace engineering is the design process, which involves defining the problem, generating ideas, evaluating alternatives, testing solutions, and documenting results. To improve your design process, you should ask for feedback on how well you follow the steps, how effectively you communicate your ideas, how efficiently you use the resources and tools, and how accurately you meet the requirements and specifications. Feedback on your design process can help you identify your strengths and weaknesses, as well as areas for improvement and innovation.

3 Feedback on your teamwork

Aerospace engineering is a team-based discipline that requires collaboration and coordination with other engineers, technicians, scientists, and stakeholders. To improve your teamwork, you should ask for feedback on how well you work with others, how clearly you communicate and listen, how respectfully you give and receive feedback, how flexibly you adapt and compromise, and how constructively you contribute and support. Feedback on your teamwork can help you build trust, rapport, and synergy with your colleagues and partners.

4 Feedback on your project management

Aerospace engineering is a project-oriented discipline that requires planning and execution of tasks, deliverables, and milestones. To improve your project management, you should ask for feedback on how well you organize and prioritize your work, how effectively you manage your time and resources, how realistically you set and meet your goals and expectations, how proactively you monitor and control your progress and quality, and how promptly you report and document your results and outcomes. Feedback on your project management can help you optimize your workflow, enhance your productivity, and ensure your success.

5 Feedback on your professional development

Aerospace engineering is a dynamic and evolving discipline that requires continuous learning and improvement. To improve your professional development, you should ask for feedback on how well you align your career goals and aspirations with your current role and responsibilities, how actively you seek and pursue learning and growth opportunities, how openly you embrace feedback and change, how ethically and responsibly you conduct yourself and your work, and how positively and enthusiastically you engage with your work environment and culture. Feedback on your professional development can help you advance your career, enrich your experience, and fulfill your potential.

6 Feedback on your feedback

Finally, to improve your feedback, you should ask for feedback on how well you ask for, receive, and use feedback. You should ask for feedback on how clearly and specifically you request feedback, how respectfully and appreciatively you accept feedback, how objectively and critically you evaluate feedback, how selectively and strategically you implement feedback, and how regularly and consistently you follow up on feedback. Feedback on your feedback can help you improve your feedback skills, habits, and mindset, as well as your overall job performance.

7 Here’s what else to consider

This is a space to share examples, stories, or insights that don’t fit into any of the previous sections. What else would you like to add?