The correct approach to critical feedback
Listen to Nabarupa Banerjee , our mentor , a dynamic business and product leader. She is a and a motivational keynote speaker and Senior Advisor to Tech Companies. She was heading Trust and Safety at Airbnb prior to this. She has now taken on some challenging consulting assignments globally. Listen to her share her experience of how she learnt to deal with critical feedback positively. The video clip is embedded below.
As a sensitive girl, she ventured into the professional world without an important advice that could have saved her a lot of heart burn. Suddenly there was a lot critical feedback coming her way and that perplexed her.
Then a mentor came along and told her that feedback is never personal. It is important and we all need feedback but we must process it with the right mindset. We have to leverage every piece of feedback to enable us to grow as professionals and as individuals.
Why is critical feedback a gift ?
Feedback is actually a gift ! It helps us to strive for excellence. It’s no point getting bogged down with critical feedback. Rather it is essential to sharpen ourselves.
Feedback and the the right mindset to deal with it is particularly essential for women who need to deal with multiple challenges in the workplace.
It is OK to be sensitive and to get affected by feedback but one has to have the objectivity to stand away from it and assess it for what it is worth. It is important to sieve the growth inputs that one can glean from feedback to implement the changes desired and to understand what to discard. In fact criticism often is more conducive to growth where as just praise can make you complacent. It is also important to understand where it is just an attempt to put you down and where it has a constructive intent.
Let’s listen to what she has to say on our Expert Insights page – a brand new section in our website Cygnus Minds and our you tube channel where we have domain experts sharing insights on varied topics :
Check out her write ups on Tough feedback and tears and High Stakes Presentations — The Path from Anxiety to Absolute Confidence! These will give further insights into handling feedback and accepting criticism objectively.Feedback only counts when it’s heard objectively and processed well without getting defensive. She has insights to share on overthinking and why we need to avoid it in our Expert Insights section. She also talks about the need for breaks and good vacations to prevent burnout
You can reach out to her at our Work place helpline where she is the mentor for everyone struggling to combat multifarious issues at work while juggling with responsibilities and challenges on the personal front.
Nabarupa is an accomplished professional in the area of Business Intelligence, Product Management, Integration, Agile Methodologies, and has led cross-cultural teams across the US. She has worked with big conglomerates like Walmart and AirBnB. She loves building powerful product and operations teams driven to deliver innovative, customer centric solutions. An avid reader and artist,she raises a family of 5 amazing kids while juggling her professional responsibilities.
- Nabarupa Banerjeehttps://cygnusminds.com/author/nabarupagmail-com/
- Nabarupa Banerjeehttps://cygnusminds.com/author/nabarupagmail-com/
- Nabarupa Banerjeehttps://cygnusminds.com/author/nabarupagmail-com/
