Top tips to get honest feedback
If you’re going to successfully lead your team members through these rocky times, you need to listen to their ideas and understand what they’re dealing with– and that requires a dedicated effort on your part. These strategies will help you keep your finger on the pulse of your IT group.
Get Honest Feedback from Your Employees
- Make it anonymous
- Ask for both
- Turn it into a game
10 ways leaders can get crucial feedback
1: The anonymous hotline
2: Public communication tools
3: Ombudsmen
4: Anonymous surveys
5: Lunch with the leader
6: Visits to other departments, offices, or locations
7: Social events
8: Contrarian perspectives
9: Playfulness
10: MBWA
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10 Must-Have Steps to Getting Honest Feedback
- Accept Criticism - All of It.
- Ask the Right Questions.
- Read Between Lines.
- Pull Out Gradual Honesty.
- The Faceless Net.
- Develop Trust.
- Give ‘em the Whole Story.
- Ask For Action.
- Find Simon’s.
- Test Results, Not Feedback.
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