Getting
feedback about your job performance from colleagues can sometimes be a
little tricky. This is especially the case when you and your colleagues
work very closely together. However this doesn't mean that getting
colleague feedback is impossible.
One
way some people get feedback about their work performance from
colleagues, is by launching an inter-departmental survey. It should be
noted however that survey participation needs to be anonymous, and it
should also contain a lot of writing space for colleagues to give
additional comments and opinions. It can't be emphasized enough that the
survey needs to anonymous if you truly want good honest feedback and
results. Because if any of your colleagues have the slightest inkling
that their comments can be tracked, then they most likely will not want
to participate in the survey. Can you blame them?
One
of the areas many people want to know how well they are performing in,
is meeting deadlines. This is a question that should definitely be
included on the survey, especially if the employee in question work in a
deadline oriented environment. Some of the work place environments
where deadline assignments are very common are advertising agencies,
newspaper offices, magazine companies, television news stations and
public relations agencies.
Most
employees today also want to get feedback from their colleagues
regarding their communication skills. Having good communication skills
is very important both in and out of the office. We all know that it is
important to have good communication skills when dealing with clients,
however we sometimes forget that it is also important to communicate
effectively when dealing with office colleagues as well. There are many
examples of employees who excel when it comes to communicating with
clients, but communicate very poorly with the people they work with. It
is very important to get feedback on this, because bad inter-office
communication skills can really hinder a career or a chance for a
promotion.
Once
the employee gets their survey results back, it is very important that
they analyze them very carefully. Because this will enable them to get
an accurate assessment about how their colleagues feel about their
overall work performance. It is also important for the employee to
remember that all their feedback results may not be positive. In these
instances they need to keep an open mind and not react negatively.
Because pointing a person's strengths and weaknesses is the only way
that they can grow professionally.
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