tags: #publish links: [[Management Articles]], [[Management]], [[Feedback]] created: 2021-07-23 Fri --- # How to get good honest feedback https://medium.com/@mrabkin/awkward-1-1s-the-art-of-getting-honest-feedback-2843078b2880 (split from [[Awkward 1-1s]]) Notes on the article: If you want to get good feedback from someone, you have to make it about *the feedback-giver's comfort* not yours. ## Make it wonderful to tell you hard shit - Actually want the feedback. - Give them a reason why you're asking. - Tell them you know you have an issue and you want help: don't ask them to tell you whether you're failing or not, they'll flee in panic. - Promise a good reaction - figure out what they're afraid of. - Thank them in advance. ## Framing to make it easy to answer - Multiple choice / what would you like more of, less of? - Ask about how they feel about it - Ask for an A-F grade - Ask them to expand on someone else's feedback ## Reward - Thank them after - Let them see the action/changes that result - Make sure your adjustments improve things for the feedback-giver - Attribute the change to the feedback see also: [[Be good to your mentors]]