feedback workshop

​Why Is Feedback Important?

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Why is it crucial to give and receive constructive, critical, and positive feedback? Several reasons highlight its importance:

1. Clarify Goals & Expectations: Feedback helps discuss and define expectations and goals together.

2. Understand External Perceptions: It reveals our 'blind spots' (Johari Fenster), providing insight into how others perceive us.

3. Provide and Strengthen Confidence: Feedback indicates whether tasks are completed correctly and identifies areas for improvement.

4. Increase Motivation: Both positive and constructive feedback are signs of appreciation, boosting motivation.

5. Avoid Misunderstandings: Regular feedback helps prevent unnecessary misunderstandings.

6. Encourage Positive Behavior: Positive feedback, through praise and recognition, helps employees identify their strengths, build on them, and learn from mistakes. 

7. Build Trust: Two-way feedback strengthens trust and fosters positive relationships.

8. Create a Positive Environment: Feedback enhances trust and transparency, improving the overall work and team climate.

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what we offer

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We offer a Feedback Workshop with a balanced mix of theory, practical examples, a platform for participant exchange, and hands-on practice with feedback tools.

 

How the Feedback Workshop Works

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Preparation (Approx. 2 Weeks Prior):

• Survey participants on various feedback-related questions, such as: "How would you describe the feedback culture in your organization/team?"

 

Team Workshop: 

• Introduction to Feedback: Explain the concept of feedback and its significance for personal development and organizational success (theory).

• Develop a Shared Understanding: Create a common framework for feedback culture within the organization/team.

• Practice Positive Feedback: Use the 'Feedback Marketplace' method to practice giving and receiving positive feedback.

• Discussion on Challenges: Address the difficulties in giving constructive critical feedback.u geben?“.

• Examine Personal Feedback Styles: Explore how personal history and cultural background affect one's approach to feedback.

• Present and Practice Feedback Methods: Introduce methods like 'Nonviolent Communication' (GFK) by Marshall Rosenberg and the 'Four-Sides Model' by Schulz von Thun, and practice them.

• Provide Tools for Daily Use: Offer tools to strengthen feedback culture in everyday work.

• Develop an Action Plan: Create a collective action plan with clear responsibilities and timelines for applying feedback insights.

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Follow-Up: 

• Summarize workshop contents (Reading Box).

• Send tasks and exercises to deepen learning.

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How Your Employees will Benefit

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• They will get clarity about the terminology around the topic of feedback.

• They will become aware of the importance of feedback for their personal development and the success of the company.

• They will actively exchange ideas with other participants in the company on the topic of feedback and discuss the existing feedback culture in small groups.

• They will understand the connection between their own childhood and cultural background and their approach to feedback.

• They will learn how other companies have approached the topic of feedback and what changes have taken place since then. 

• They will develop their own understanding of feedback and derive common feedback rules.

• They will know methods of giving constructive critical feedback and be able to apply them.

• They will discuss what influence different cultures have on the feedback culture in their organisation/team.

• They will develop a joint action plan for themselves and their team to strengthen the feedback culture.