Truth 44Sometimes It's Best Not to Offer Your Feedback
Despite my very best intentions, I have encountered some people throughout my life who simply are not interested in and do not want my feedback. I would spend a lot of time writing down behaviors, focusing on how I thought others perceived their behavior, and my desired changes to their behavior. I would focus on facts and keep things as unemotional as possible during the feedback session. Even though I did all the right things, my feedback sessions would go bust.
In looking at what went wrong in my failed feedback sessions, I was able to narrow it down to several key factors:
- My relationship with the recipient wasn't trusting to a point where I could provide feedback safely.
- My perspective ...
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