Comments on: Dropping Feedback http://lifecoachesblog.com/2006/01/07/dropping-feedback/ Improve Your Life Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:44:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: jes http://lifecoachesblog.com/2006/01/07/dropping-feedback/comment-page-1/#comment-590 jes Mon, 09 Jan 2006 17:58:13 +0000 http://lifecoachesblog.com/?p=121#comment-590 I agree. When someone tells me they have feedback for me, i naturally assume its something that i've done that needs improvement. Although of late, i've come to judge it less and use my own discretion as to whether i want to make use of it or not. But in the past, if u had told me feedback, i would have tot, oh what the heck did i not do right this time round.. I agree. When someone tells me they have feedback for me, i naturally assume its something that i’ve done that needs improvement. Although of late, i’ve come to judge it less and use my own discretion as to whether i want to make use of it or not. But in the past, if u had told me feedback, i would have tot, oh what the heck did i not do right this time round..

]]> By: Pete http://lifecoachesblog.com/2006/01/07/dropping-feedback/comment-page-1/#comment-588 Pete Sat, 07 Jan 2006 22:50:37 +0000 http://lifecoachesblog.com/?p=121#comment-588 With what Yezhong has commented, another point hits home. Any desired outcome must be a well-formed one. In the series of articles on Solution-focused Approach I intend to write over the next few weeks, I will touch on the importance of well-formedness of an outcome. Feedforward is mostly a mentoring function to raise awareness. A necessary tool that can dovetail with a less non-directive coaching style. Feedback is still a valid channel, just that it sometimes becomes too clumsy and cumbersome. It has a somewhat negative connotation to many unconscious minds. It also becomes a finger-pointing session when taken to the extreme and unregulated. With what Yezhong has commented, another point hits home. Any desired outcome must be a well-formed one. In the series of articles on Solution-focused Approach I intend to write over the next few weeks, I will touch on the importance of well-formedness of an outcome.

Feedforward is mostly a mentoring function to raise awareness. A necessary tool that can dovetail with a less non-directive coaching style.

Feedback is still a valid channel, just that it sometimes becomes too clumsy and cumbersome. It has a somewhat negative connotation to many unconscious minds. It also becomes a finger-pointing session when taken to the extreme and unregulated.

]]> By: Yezhong http://lifecoachesblog.com/2006/01/07/dropping-feedback/comment-page-1/#comment-587 Yezhong Sat, 07 Jan 2006 17:32:25 +0000 http://lifecoachesblog.com/?p=121#comment-587 Once an engineer, always an engineer. In terms of engineering terms, Feedforward means to take into account of measurable variables from the input and make correction so that you can get the desired outcome. In a way, it means we have to be able to recognise what are required to give us the desired outcome in order to give Feedforward. I feel that the Assumption here is we know what can bring us to the outcome and this pretty much also draw from past experiences, isn't it? Feedback, on the other hand, means to look at the outcome 1st and then make adjustments to the inputs till we get our outcome. Think Ultimate Success Formula, haha. Therefore, we always have to look into the past in order to give Feedback. Feedforward is really an essential tool that reinforces the self-esteem. Once an engineer, always an engineer.

In terms of engineering terms, Feedforward means to take into account of measurable variables from the input and make correction so that you can get the desired outcome.

In a way, it means we have to be able to recognise what are required to give us the desired outcome in order to give Feedforward. I feel that the Assumption here is we know what can bring us to the outcome and this pretty much also draw from past experiences, isn’t it?

Feedback, on the other hand, means to look at the outcome 1st and then make adjustments to the inputs till we get our outcome. Think Ultimate Success Formula, haha. Therefore, we always have to look into the past in order to give Feedback.

Feedforward is really an essential tool that reinforces the self-esteem.

]]> By: Alvin http://lifecoachesblog.com/2006/01/07/dropping-feedback/comment-page-1/#comment-581 Alvin Sat, 07 Jan 2006 10:09:55 +0000 http://lifecoachesblog.com/?p=121#comment-581 I like that article you linked to on FeedForward. I like how it focuses on solutions and the future, just like the solution-focused coaching we do. Recently I was guilty of a negative feedback session myself. After the session I felt crummy all over...it was nothing but a report of the negative behaviors of the other person, and it did nothing to make the other person want to learn or how to do better. What it did do though was to help clear the disgruntment and clear the air, being able to express how I felt honestly. But I realize now that disgruntment is thinking based in the past, while suggestions is thinking based on the future. Feedforward, definitely another tool going into my coaching toolbox. I like that article you linked to on FeedForward. I like how it focuses on solutions and the future, just like the solution-focused coaching we do.

Recently I was guilty of a negative feedback session myself. After the session I felt crummy all over…it was nothing but a report of the negative behaviors of the other person, and it did nothing to make the other person want to learn or how to do better.

What it did do though was to help clear the disgruntment and clear the air, being able to express how I felt honestly. But I realize now that disgruntment is thinking based in the past, while suggestions is thinking based on the future.

Feedforward, definitely another tool going into my coaching toolbox.

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