My official apology to all the people I ‘ve ever given feedback too

Dear all the people I’ve ever given feedback to,

You know who you are. We may have worked in the same organisation; you may have been a supplier or a client; you might be a friend or a family member.  At some point in time you may have been the recipient of my feedback.

To all of you I AM SO SORRY.

What I am realising more and more, is my feedback, whether in a work context or family context, is loaded with my biases, my history and whatever is going on for me at the time.  It does not serve you to hear my feedback in the way I have given.

I don’t know what the consequences were for you. What I do know is that I want to take responsibility for what is mine. So again, I say sorry for my non-conscious words.

I am not saying feedback is bad. I am just recognizing more and more what I’m actually doing when I give feedback vs. what I think I’m doing. I know that the way I have delivered feedback in the past is not useful. I have since learnt a lot about feedback (credit: Louie Gardiner @Potent6), what it does and doesn’t deliver, and why it matters to reflect on what I do when I give feedback.

If you are questioning how feedback is currently delivered in your organisation; challenging the way things are done or reflecting on your own company culture, then please connect.