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Four Steps to Providing Feedback
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It is important to have a system that you can rely upon to provide feedback to your employees. Not only do they need feedback from you, but they actually want it, also. The fact is, most people really do want to succeed at their job, and they do want to please their employers.
Regular and consistent feedback is a great way to ensure that you are giving your people what they need in order to succeed. And, it gives you a great and timely opportunity to recognize accomplishments. An entrepreneur can instill trust and confidence in others, which can be helpful – if not essential later.
A simple system of providing feedback can consist of as little as Four Steps:
- Write a Report. Give a written account that describes what the employee has accomplished, and how the accomplishment compare with the targets that have been set.
- Analyze Shortcomings. In the event that there are shortcomings, point them out while focusing on why they occurred. By focusing on why they occurred instead of who fell short, you can keep this analysis positive and encouraging.
- Invite Questions. Encourage the employee to provide their own feedback of the job, including how well they felt they were supervised, and whether he or she would like to take on similar assignments in the future.
- Identify Training Needs. It is possible that your analysis will show that the real shortcoming has been in the area of training. So, determine what type of training is necessary, and schedule it.
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Cut out excess sources of adrenaline
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Adrenaline is a powerful substance that has a strong impact on the body. From Wikipedia:
Epinephrine is a powerful action, “fight or flight”, hormone and also plays a central role in the short-term stress reaction. It is released from the adrenal glands when danger threatens or in an emergency, hence an Adrenaline rush. Such triggers may be threatening, exciting, or environmental stressor conditions such as high noise levels, or bright light and high ambient temperature.
When in the bloodstream, it rapidly prepares the body for action in emergency situations. The hormone boosts the supply of oxygen and glucose to the brain and muscles, while suppressing other non-emergency bodily processes (digestion in particular).
It increases heart rate and stroke volume, dilates the pupils, and constricts arterioles in the skin and gastrointestinal tract while dilating arterioles in skeletal muscles. It elevates the blood sugar level by increasing catabolism of glycogen to glucose in the liver, and at the same time begins the breakdown of lipids in fat cells. Like some other stress hormones, epinephrine has a suppressive effect on the immune system.
Clearly, adrenaline serves an essential purpose in our very survival by preparing us for the “fight or flight” response when we face danger or stress. But how many unnecessary activities, relationships, attitudes or situations leave us feeling the “rush” of that response?
Too much adrenaline not only has important health implications, but it also distracts us from completing important projects, leaves us feeling anxiety, and intensifies the feeling that time is flying. By identifying and reducing these unnecessary sources of adrenaline in our lives, we would all be healthier, more focused, and feeling less stressed out.
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Tip-toeing Past Fear
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Our internal fight-or-flight response is designed for our protection in times of danger. When our brain senses fear, it suppresses our creativity and shuts down access to the thinking part of our brain – the cortex. Scientists tell us that our fear response is controlled by a small, almond-shaped part of the brain that is located behind the frontal lobe, called the amygdala.
When the amygdala takes over, the cortex usually doesn’t function as normal. At that time, the brain’s ability to go into self-protective lockdown mode can become a crippling liability. It’s an experience we have all had to one degree or another – and it has a direct application in business. Read More→
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