Does Feedback Improve Innovative Behaviors? by Manny Straehle – The Feedback Guy Eva, Meacham, Newman, Schwarz, and Tham (2019) conducted research to determine whether feedback increases work engagement and innovative behaviors. In addition, they investigated whether feedback delivered from a coworker would also increase work engagement and innovative behaviors similarly to that of supervisors. Innovative … Continue reading Friday Feedback Fact #17
Is Feedback Still Valued? Yes! by Manny Straehle, PhD, GISF – The Feedback Guy In a recent article by Folkman, he raises the question on whether employees find value in feedback to address the recent literature on the shortcomings of feedback. In addressing this, his research demonstrates that the majority of over 9,000 participants indicated … Continue reading Friday Feedback Fact #16
What are the attributes of effective feedback? By Manny Straehle, PhD, GISF – The Feedback Guy Ossenberg, Henderson, and Mitchell (2019) discuss the attributes of effective feedback by reviewing the academic literature. They identified the following 11 core attributes of feedback as: Process Criteria-based Requiring multiple forms and sources of data/evidence Needs to be desired by … Continue reading Friday Feedback Fact #15
By Manny Straehle, PhD, GISF – The Feedback Guy Optimizing Feedback for Early Career Professionals A recent article published by Mattick, Brennan, Briscoe, Papoutsi, and Pearson (2019), describe how to optimize feedback for early career professionals. They conducted a literature review on feedback interventions in busy workplaces using scholarly articles from the 1990s to present … Continue reading Friday Feedback Fact #14
By Manny Straehle, PhD, GISF – The Feedback Guy Is Feedback Working? Recently, Gallup released research on whether feedback works. Does it help a leader manage effectively? Often no. According to the authors, they conclude that traditional feedback often leads to ineffective management. Lets find out why they conclude this. 1. Dialogue Rather Than Correct … Continue reading Friday Feedback Fact #13
By Manny Straehle, PhD, GISF – The Feedback Guy Seeking Feedback Can Backfire Hayley Blunden, Jennifer M. Logg, Alison Wood Brooks, Leslie K. John, and Francesca Gino wrote a recent article on this very subject, particularly on how asking advice can backfire. Seeking feedback about yourself and from others has been a very effective way … Continue reading Friday Feedback Fact #12
by Manny Straehle, PhD, GISF – The Feedback Guy Does Feedback Improve Self-Efficacy? Feedback Seeking? And Promotion? Dimotaks, Mitchell, and Maurer (2017) ask this very question. To answer this question, they use assessment centers (a place where an individual undergoes standardized exercises designed to simulate the job at a workplace which are later assessed) to … Continue reading Friday Feedback Fact #11
by Manny Straehle, PhD, GISF – The Feedback Guy Can Empathy Help Deliver Negative Feedback? A recent study using leaders by Young, Richard, Moukarzel, Steelman, and Gentry (2017) showed that delivering negative feedback while showing empathetic concern increases an individual’s ability to deliver feedback effectively. It also increases leader promotability. Empathy Improves Affective Responses The … Continue reading Friday Feedback Fact #10
by Manny Straehle, PhD, GISF – The Feedback Guy Ever wonder how you should effectively ask for feedback? Ian Matthews very recently sought to answer this question in a recent Forbes article. Not Always What You Expected The first point Ian makes is when you ask for feedback one should be very careful that the … Continue reading Friday Feedback Fact #9
by Manny Straehle, PhD, GISF – The Feedback Guy What are the Effects of Feedback Interventions? We may know something based on Kluger and DeNisi’s (1996) review of 131 studies. A few decades ago, these researchers reviewed 131 studies to determine whether feedback interventions improved performance. Overall, they showed that 2/3rds of the time the … Continue reading Friday Feedback Fact #8
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