Love for Feedback & Hate for the 360 Review

Feedback.

When you read (hear) that word, are you thinking "criticism."

Most people do. It's funny though, we don't consider that feedback also opens us up for accolades. For hearing about a positive impact that we didn't consider before. Interesting; huh?

Whether it's feedback about improvements or about accolades, feedback is POWERFUL. It helps you constantly grow, shows you impact you may not have seen otherwise, and creates a team mindset of constant evolution.

Can you start training your brain around how to think about feedback differently?

Can you create a culture of feedback in your team that normalizes it in pursuit of continuous growth?

Yes.

The secret is simple.

1. Do it even when you're scared.
2. Do it in a specific way. (hint: we talk about how in the podcast)
3. Normalize getting feedback even when you've hit a home run.

Now, while I love feedback. My loathing for the 360 review is also pretty strong - particularly for Comms. professionals. Why would I love feedback but hate 360s?

I share more in the latest episode of the Communications Business Advisor? podcast. Listen in and let me know what you think.

Episode Three of the Communications Business Advisor? Podcast: Love for Feedback & Hate for the 360

Why is normalizing asking for feedback so helpful and 360 reviews so awful for Communications and PR Pros??

In this episode of The Communication Business Advisor? podcast, Tara McDonagh explains:

• How to normalize getting feedback continuously and why - as an entire team.??
• Asking for feedback without using the word feedback
• The biases that come with a 360 review?
• How to counterbalance a 360 review

Listen to this week's episode, 3: Love for Feedback & Hate for the 360

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Tara McDonagh is a Communications as Business Advisor? activist, advisor to Fortune 500 communications leaders and their teams, and Founder of Raise the Tide? for women in Comms. She helps Comms. teams elevate their reputations as critical advisors while advancing our profession and the people in it. Visit: www.taramcdonagh.com