Feedback Thoughts

 The first article I selected to read on feedback spoke about John Wooden, the wines college basketball coach of all time. He has been a huge inspiration for myself not only on the playing field, but life in general. He was known for this life changing philosophy which he taught to his players at UCLA. His philosophy is continues to be shared worldwide to this day. This article focused on a study that was conducted in the 1970's, two psychologists studied Wooden. They recorded 2,300 instances of feedback, yet only 13.1 percent of feedback was emotion based. Over 75 percent of the feedback Wooden provided was purely information based. The Wooden research underscores the importance of focusing on the how in feedback, direct, actionable improvement items, stripped bare of politics as background context. 

https://www.waggl.com/blog/2016/05/24/the-john-wooden-approach-to-actionable-feedback/


The Second article I selected expresses how to give effective feedback that leads to a positive change. They showed seven techniques that wold allow a person to give feedback that could be understandable and actually implemented. The two I thought were the most useful is that feedback is always continuous, but yet in the moment. The most effective feedback is given right at or near the time the issue requiring feedback is raised. Secondly, feedback is descriptive, not critical. Critical and judgmental comments destroy performance as it reduces motivation. Effective feedback is highly descriptive and points to ways for improvement.

https://scottjeffrey.com/effective-feedback/


Photo provided by MPR 
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2010/06/05/wooden-obit


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