Without feedback, the workplace struggles. Your employees will wonder if they’re doing a great job; some may even have nightmares that you will fire them because they haven’t heard from you.

That’s why having a feedback culture in your workplace is important. By giving regular feedback, you help your people know where they stand, how they can improve, and what to do next.

But how do you create a feedback culture?

It’s not easy. However, I know you can do this. We’ll take a look at 6 ways you can encourage feedback at work.

6 Ways To Develop A Feedback Culture In The Workplace

1. Promote Openness and Honesty:

You cannot have a positive experience with feedback if you’re not honest and open about the situations in the workplace. You have to be willing to speak up when you see not only the bad but the good.  Read more...

We don’t get into a leadership position because it’s easy. We choose to lead because we know we can make a difference.

Yet, so many times, we slip into creature comfort. We stop doing important tasks because they can be outsourced or someone else can do them better (i.e., I don’t want to do them).

We stop getting dirty…

5 Ways To Get Dirty Leading

In Spartan Up!, a book about the Spartan endurance races founder, author Joe De Sena mentions how his kids were training for a race. When the kids came to a puddle, they froze. The kids had been taught that they needed to stay clean. They couldn’t proceed past this obstacle until they overcame the mistaken idea that life is neat and tidy.  Read more...