by M-Tracker | Nov 1, 2026 | Feedback and reviews
Feedback and reviews · 3 min readGood employees get the least useful feedback: "great job," "keep it up." They deserve the same precision as everyone else. Name the piece of work, say what effect it had, and say what to keep doing. "The client report led...
by M-Tracker | Nov 1, 2026 | Feedback and reviews
Feedback and reviews · 3 min readUseful positive feedback names three things: what the person did, what effect it had, and what to keep doing. "You sent the draft a day early, which gave the client time to react, and the final went out without changes....
by M-Tracker | Nov 1, 2026 | Feedback and reviews
Feedback and reviews · 2 min readClear, concise, constructive and consistent. The first three describe a single piece of feedback: the person knows what, it is short, and it says what to do next. The fourth describes the pattern over time: the same...
by M-Tracker | Nov 1, 2026 | Feedback and reviews
Feedback and reviews · 2 min readPhrases that point at the work and end with an action. Open with "In the report, I noticed." Describe with "On page two, the figures are from last quarter." Explain with "That matters because the client decides from that...
by M-Tracker | Nov 1, 2026 | Feedback and reviews
Feedback and reviews · 3 min readNegative feedback is fine when it is about the work and ends with a next step. It fails when it is about the person. "You're careless" is a negative comment. "Page two has last quarter's numbers; check against the sheet...
by M-Tracker | Nov 1, 2026 | Feedback and reviews
Feedback and reviews · 2 min readWithin a day of the work. About the work, not the person. In private for anything corrective. In three sentences: what happened, why it matters, what to do next. Then stop and listen. Professional feedback is not softer or...
