I’ve written elsewhere - and of course in The Feedback Book - about the importance of getting feedback. We could all do with more feedback, so long as it’s of the considered, clear and actionable kind. We need to ask for feedback (at all or more often), particularly if the organisational culture doesn’t seem to [...]
If your manager gives you work to do and you're not sure why it's needed, where it fits in and just how on earth you should do it, chances are that you're being dumped on. Or, dare I suggest, not listening all that actively to said manager as they explain the task to you. And [...]
cartoon: lineartestpilot (Matthew Britton) A major variable in whether or not learning and development sticks is the role of the participant’s manager. Some would say the manager is the biggest ROI variable, so great is their influence on the participant’s state of mind as they embark on training and afterwards attempt to apply [...]