Learning from Feedback

Connect learning to your work

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to begin.

Turn a general comment into usable information

Feedback may arrive as a broad impression such as needing to be clearer or more confident. This Skill Lab explores how to ask for the example behind that comment and decide what response would be useful. It helps you remain curious while retaining responsibility for interpreting the information in context.

Imagine an illustrative conversation in which someone says your updates are difficult to follow. Ask which update they mean, where they lost the thread and what information they needed sooner. Separate the behavior described from a wider judgment about your ability. Check your understanding before choosing a change.

Choose and review a response

Identify one adjustment you can test, such as moving the request to the opening or grouping related details. Explain what you plan to try and ask for a later observation if that would help. If the feedback remains unclear or conflicts with another expectation, prepare a question that surfaces the difference. The aim is to make feedback useful for learning, not to accept every comment without examination or defend your original approach before understanding what the other person experienced.

Topics to explore

Your learning focus.

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Who it’s for.

Professionals receiving feedback from managers, peers or clients

Bring a workplace situation you want to approach differently. We can discuss your experience, priorities and the support that would be useful before agreeing on delivery.

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