Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well

I absolutely love this book Kevin M. I absolutely love this book. Yes I mean it in the present. I keep it on my desk to reread portions every week because it is that good a book. I have heard it read to me by the authors no less than 3 times and reread it in written form twice.Why you may wonder? It is an utter delight (and so uncommon) to hear someone talk of communication as a responsibility of. Chloe B. said An excellent and practical guide for receiving feedback in a mature. An excellent and practical guide for receiving feedback in a mature and thoughtful way. The authors clearly outline our barriers that make us react to feedback negatively and unproductively, then they provide a framework for seeing feedback with more discernment and objectivity. Then they take you through ways to handle, process, and accept or reject feedback . "Surprisingly Excellent" according to Michael Griffiths. This is a short review: This book is not just strong, it's strong throughout. Most books in this category tend to have one or two big ideas, illuminated by a series of testimonials masquerading as case studies.Not so here: examples are small and illustrative, and the focus is squarely on how to handle feedback. Tons of good suggestions, a strong framework, and

Bosses, colleagues, customers - but also family, friends, and in-laws - they all have "suggestions" for our performance, parenting, or appearance. The best-selling authors of the classic Difficult Conversations teach us how to turn evaluations, advice, criticisms, and coaching into productive listening and learning.We swim in an ocean of feedback. It explains why getting feedback is so crucial yet so challenging, and offers a powerful framework to help us take on life's blizzard of off-hand comments, annual evaluations, and unsolicited advice with curiosity and grace.The business world spends billions of dollars and millions of hours each year teaching people how to give feedback more effectively. Stone and Heen argue that we've got it backwards and show us why the smart money is on educating receivers - in the workplace and in personal relationships as well.Coauthors of the international best-seller Difficult Conversations, Stone and Heen have spent the last 10 years working with businesses, nonprofits, governments, and families to determine what helps us learn and what gets in our way. We know that feedback is essential for healthy relationships and professional development - but we dread it and often dismiss it.That's because receiving feedback sits at the junction of t