Feedback Seeker Gifts

"What do you mean I ask too many questions?"

Feedback should be sought for genuine reasons, not because you want compliments. . .

How's my driving? Do you like the color of my cab? What do think of my t-shirt? Should I get a haircut? Grow it out?

'It's just not fair! Jenkins got three more 'atta boy' responses in the meeting than I did.'

"Good" "Bad" "Work on it" "Keep working - maybe it's not as bad as you think it is" "Put it to a committee" "Give up" "Make it worse" "Make it better" "Still a bad idea" "Overthink it" "Throw yourself into a pit of wild badgers" "Throw it away" "Call it done" "Sigh."

"Why won't you teach us how to handle complaints?"

"O.K., O.K., people - we're not workshopping these, they're already set in stone."

'So Kyle - have you considered the challenges of van driving?'

"Mrs. Berg calls my book report a finely crafted debut and she looks forward to my next effort."

Suggestions box in a toilet.

Should not have put that suggestion in the suggestion box.'

"Get off the stage and get a copy of 'Studies of Laughter in Interaction'—I think you'll enjoy it."

Suggestion box which shreds forms placed in it.

Neuro, Biology, Chemistry, Feedback, Psychology, Technology, Physiology Institute

"On reflection i think i could have coped with just 340' feedback."

'Does anyone else have any complaints?'

'Straight eye for the queer guy.'

"How'd I do on the test?"

"Are you going to ask for feedback every time you cook a meal?"

'I took your advice and told him either I get a raise or I quit!'

"Bob wait, let's do the survey first! Sir, on a scale of 1, poor, to 10, excellent, how would you rate our chase today?"

"It's time for your performance review where I damn you with faint praise."

Giving feedback is a complex process.

'Please, Ma'am — I'm running out of paper!'

Constructive Criticism 50c.

'How dare they make these kind of suggestions?!'

"Look, you're the one who asked me for some girl advice."

"I've been invited to two different thanksgivings...One with family, one with friends, which one do I go to?"

'Where you went wrong' Desk.

Suggestion Box

"Your father would be able to afford to send you to a good college if only he had listened to me when he was your age!"

'Negotiating skills need fine tuning.'

Great coaching is about being specific with feedback.

Customer Complaints - "Thank you, Thompson, for collecting the statistics."

Suggestion box, one for suggestions and one for 'clean' suggestions.