The number one way to grow your company, see what’s working and what’s not, to stay competitive and keep your employees is FEEDBACK!

Continuous feedback loops are essential to business growth. It focuses on the employee experience, and makes improvements to the organization and processes of the establishment, ensuring productivity and morale are high, and creating an efficient and positive environment. It is important to stay consistent and constantly listen and respond!

Is feedback beneficial for my company?

YES! There are many benefits to obtaining feedback such as:

• Clarity for employees surrounding the expectations of their performance and delivery
• Higher employee engagement in the workplace
• Increased employee motivation, if employees feel involved and see rewards for their achievements they will remain motivated to keep delivering at a high standard
• Continuous learning. Feedback help not only the company but employees on an individual level
• Maintaining the standard of culture you wish to see in your workplace and monitoring how each employee feels about coming to work in the morning

The list could go on but those are the basics.

How should feedback look?

The structure in which you provide feedback is important. It definitely should not all be praise and definitely should not be used to put someone down. Whilst you should make positive comments, make sure the rest of your feedback is constructive and actionable advice. Keep it specific and objective so your thoughts are clear to the person reading it, so they can make changes where it's needed.

<aside> 🌟 Set strict guidelines on what feedback should look like to avoid extreme feedback. Extreme feedback could look like someone only noting negative things about another person or only praising another person and not offering areas that could be improved.

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Steps to getting a feedback loop started

1. Start by gathering feedback via any preferable medium
2. Analyse the data, brainstorm solutions to complications or complaints, consider the improvements suggested and make decisions on the next steps
3. Implement improvements to the environment, organisation or process suggested by employees in a way that is beneficial and boosts productivity and morale
4. Repeat - keep up the good work!

What it could look like

• Weekly emails