Career Survival Tip: The Power of One

Asking for feedback regularly is one of the best insurance policies you can have in work and in life.  It can help you determine if you are on the right track and ultimately make different decisions. 

Asking what the one thing you can do to improve or the one thing that you rock at can help you zone in on areas of opportunity. 

Even if you hear something you were not expecting, stay open and ask follow up questions.  It may be unfair but perceptions count for a lot, so invest time developing areas that are critical to your success and in people who are your lifelines. And always, always, thank people for feedback. Feedback is a gift – a huge growth opportunity.

For great ideas on how to keep feedback future-oriented and constructive, Google the FeedForward tool developed by Marshall Goldsmith. 

Ask yourself:
- What is your best tip on giving or receiving feedback?
- What stops you from asking for feedback?
- Who has given you the most life changing feedback?
- Be honest, do you really know what others think?
- What is your typical reaction to feedback?

Daneal is a career coach and co-author of “Hitting Stryde: A Gen Y Career Survival Guide”. She has been featured in The Globe and Mail, The Canadian Learning Journal, The Metro and has contributed on-air career advice on Professionally Speaking TV, Life by Design, and The Small Business Big Ideas Show.

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