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Inviting feedback

Inviting feedback

Inviting feedback is dangerous, right? If I ask for feedback on a workshop I've delivered, although actually I've never needed to do this, as I get it regularly. But if I do ask for it, then I have to be prepared to consider that feedback and take it on board. When you're communicating the decision to other people, especially if it involves a change that impacts them, then hopefully you've already taken feedback on board before this point. But even after the decision is made, you still want to be open for feedback and views. Let's say you are that project manager again, and you've put in place that new project management software for the team. All decided, you got buy-in from them. So why do you now need feedback? Well, you'd like their feedback because maybe you also want to identify any areas to strengthen or improve. Always remember that one decision leads to more decisions, so you might want to do some of this. You might send an email to the team telling them that you'd value…

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