Have you noticed behavior in people that affects the team? Why does he/she act like that? Have thought if he/she is even aware of it him/herself, and that he/she would like to develop him/herself in that issue if just got support?

Many things in our behavior is unconscious, or even if know our behavior we may not be aware of their effects on the surrounding environment. Work is often very intensive, and people in the team get to see each others reactions and actions pretty close during the time working together. This gives us a unique opportunity to see our behavior and its’ effects through team mates eyes, and learn from it!

Still, the opportunity must be taken into active use – the learning from the team experience does not happen by itself. Giving and receiving feedback is something that is not necessarily natural for everybody, but here is a perfect opportunity to practice it. When feedback is given in the right way, it makes people be more aware of their personal strengths and weaknesses and gives them opportunity to develop personally.

This article is created to help you in utilizing this opportunity for our personal development. The post represents principles for constructive feedback and tells what is important in giving and getting feedback. It also contains an outline for the feedback meetings that are good to be held to give the needed space for the feedback.

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