Why you must prioritize workplace feedback

Leaders would be wise to prioritize feedback in their workplace.

Of course, not all feedback is worth listening to, and there is always the potential for well-meaning critiques to cause workplace problems. However, the possible detriments of shabby feedback pale in comparison to the immeasurable cost of important feedback never given.

When the right feedback alters the future

I’m grateful for the person in my career who had the courage to let me know I was failing as a leader. Without such a blunt assessment, I might not have changed my approach as a manager with dictatorial tendencies.

Another colleague received feedback that suggested she was much more effective and competent than she was giving herself credit for. Fast-forward a decade, and she’s a senior executive.

In each of these scenarios, timely, honest feedback significantly altered the future and paved a path for greater career success.

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