Effective feedback has certain characteristics.

Balanced.

Balanced feedback, evaluate an employee's overall performance.

It recognizes an employee's strengths as well as their weaknesses.

This prevents employees from feeling attacked, which allows them to accept feedback more easily.

Balanced feedback. Evaluate an employee's overall performance.

Balanced feedback includes both positive and negative feedback.

Giving balance to feedback allows an employee to accept it more easily.

Timely.

Feedback is most effective when given on time.

If you wait too long to give positive feedback, employees may feel their work is not recognized.

If your feedback is meant to solve a problem, delaying it could create even more issues.

What will happen if you wait too long to deliver feedback?

What kind of feedback? Evaluate someone's overall performance?

Balance feedback, evaluate an employee's overall performance.

Feedback is most effective when given on time.

If you wait too long to give positive feedback, employees may feel their work is not recognized.

Constructive.

Constructive feedback focuses on finding solutions rather than problems.

It let's employees know how they're performing and what they're expected to do.

Unonstructive feedback is more likely to cause conflicts than improve the situation.

Constructive feedback focuses on finding solutions rather than problems.

Constructive feedback focuses on finding solutions rather than problems.

And constructive feedback is more likely to cause conflict, then improve a situation.

  Objective.

Objective feedback is based on facts rather than feelings or opinions.

Therefore, it's easier for employees to accept.

If your feedback is too personal, an employee may think it's unfair and become defensive.

What kind of feedback is based on facts?

Objective feedback is based on facts rather than feelings or opinions.

What kind of feedback focuses on helping people improve.

Constructive feedback focuses on finding solutions.

What kind of feedback includes both positive and negative feedback?

Balanced feedback includes both positive and negative feedback.

Objective feedback is based on facts rather than feelings.

If your feedback is too personal, an employee may think it's unfair and become defensive.