Peter has been with the organisation for about six months, and has been an enthusiastic and quick learner. He started off in another department and then moved to your team four weeks ago.

Peter hasnt quite settled down with the other members of the team yet he has been reluctant to contribute and is stand- offish with others in the team. Youve overheard one of the guys complaining that that they think Peter is stuck up. You have also noticed that Peter tends to do his own thing rather than cooperate with team members.

The types of material your team produces is almost always a team effort at the very least, two or three of the team have input in all communications. Certainly nobody sends off a paper, memo or communication without having at least run it past a few others in the team.

For example, twice Peter has completed a piece of work without any consultation with any of the team. On these occasions, Peter sent out minutes of a meeting that included some decisions made at the meeting and the way Peter has written them up has led to misinterpretation. Peter has detailed the conversations that took place at the meetings not just the outcomes of the discussions and there has been some backlash from some more senior people who were at the meetings, who have complained,thats not what we said at all!

You have decided to have a chat with Peter you would like him to fit into the team, and you feel you need to give some feedback. You also need to talk to him about your teams way of working and deal with the issues that have occurred so far.

Write a feedback message for Peter that demonstrates the characteristics of good feedback.