Becoming a Better Receiver

Feedback is essential for succeeding, no matter what level of the organization you occupy. Unfortunately, people are not very good at either giving or receiving feedback. This activity is important because being a good receiver of feedback is essential for developing career readiness.

The goal of this activity is to challenge your knowledge of the five steps for becoming a better receiver.

For each scenario, select the step for becoming a better receiver that the example best represents; or$,$ if the example does not represent a step, select $$Does not represent a way to be a better receiver.$$

$1.$ Rayah reminds herself that when receiving negative feedback, she has a propensity to blame others for her mistakes.

Identify your tendencies

$2.$ Rainer decides to hide his anger after receiving negative feedback from his superior and he stops listening to the feedback.

Does not represent a way to be a better receiver

$3.$ Edie focuses on what she might be able to learn from her boss during her performance review.

Try self$-$compassion instead of defensiveness

$4.$ Francis schedules a meeting with her boss to ask if he would list one thing that he thinks she could do a better job with on her current project.

Ask for feedback

$5.$ Mohammed feels angry about the negative feedback he received from his boss. He allows himself to feel his emotion and decides to ask his boss a few clarifying questions to be sure that he understands exactly what is being communicated.

Learn how to listen

$6.$ Sophia remembers that even if she is certain that her boss$$ intentions are simply to undermine her confidence, she should use any and all feedback to develop and improve her work performance.

Practice being mindful

$7.$ Duncan doesn$$t like his supervisor$$s choice of words in telling him he$$s doing a poor job on a project, but he agrees that the core of his supervisor$$s message$$that he$$s not doing a great job$$is accurate.

Identify your tendencies

$8.$ Jamir asks his supervisor if she could tell him one thing that she thinks he is doing exceptionally well in his current job.

Ask for feedback

$9.$ Spencer practices silently meditating for $15$ minutes each day before he goes to work.

Practice being mindful

$10.$ After receiving negative feedback about her work performance, Antonina reminds her boss of similar mistakes he has made in the past.

Does not represent a way to be a better receiver

$11.$ Imogen makes a concerted effort to be completely present and nonjudgmental during an uncomfortable conversation with her superior.

Learn how to listen

$12.$ Instead of being overly self$-$critical after receiving some negative feedback during their performance review, Freya maintains their sense of self$-$worth while asking their supervisor, $$Am I correct that you feel that I could be devoting several more hours to my core job responsibilities each week?$$

Ask for feedback

$13.$ During his performance review, Neale remembers that while he normally wants to disagree with any negative information about himself, he should consider owning his mistakes.

Identify your tendencies