Becoming a Better Receiver Feedback is essential for succeeding, no matter what level of the organization you occupy.

Duncan- does not like his supervisors choice of words in telling him he's doing a poor job on a project, but agrees that the core of that message is that he's not doing a great job.

Edie- focuses on not interrupting her new boss during her performance review.

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

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

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

Antonina- after recieving negative feedback about her work performance, she reminds her boss of similar mistakes he has made in the past.

Neale- 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.

Rainer- decides to hide his anger after reciving negative feedback from his superior and he stops listening to the feedback.

Mohammed- becomes angry about the negative feedback he recieved from his boss. he catches his negative emotion and decides to ask his boss a few clarifying questions to be sure that he understands exactly what is being communicated.

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

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.

Freya- asks her supervisor during her performance review. Am I correct that you feel that I could be devoting several more hours to my core job responsibilities each week?

Imogen- makes a concerted effort to be completely present and nonjudgemental during an uncomfortable conversation with her superior.

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 exercise is to challenge your knowledge of the five steps for becoming a better receiver. First, hover over each name to read a short example of behavior. Then, click and drag each name to the step for becoming a better receiver that the example best represents. Careful-not all of the names will be used. Duncan Edie Spencer Francis Jamir Antonina Neale Rainer Mohammed Rayah Sophia Freya Imogen Identify Your Tendencies Engage in Active Listening Resist Being Defensive Ask for Feedback Practice Being Mindful