In my previous post on feedforward I have tried to throw some light on its evolution. This time it’s all about the reason, as to why we should try feed-forward.

These are few of the reason why participants like feed-forward instead of feedback as an important development tool.

• We can change the future. We can’t change the past.
• It can be more productive to help people be ‘right,’ than prove they were ‘wrong.’
• Feedforward is especially suited to successful people.
• Feedforward can come from anyone who knows about the task. It does not require personal experience with the individual.
• People do not take feedforward as personally as feedback.
• Feedback can reinforce personal stereotyping and negative self-fulfilling prophecies.
• Face it! Most of us hate getting negative feedback, and we don’t like to give it.
• Feedforward can cover almost all of the same ‘material’ as feedback.
• Feedforward tends to be much faster and more efficient than feedback.
• Feedforward can be a useful tool to apply with managers, peers and team members.
• People tend to listen more attentively to feedforward than feedback.

Source: Marshall Goldsmith.Com

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