Receiving Constructive Criticism
Suggested Strategy: Help your coaching target develop the skills necessary to handle constructive criticism in order for them to hear what is needed. Practice third party questioning, role-playing, and perspective taking.
Suggested Questions:
Î Third-Party Question: How do you think your peers would describe your ability to receive constructive criticism? Why do you think they would give the answer they’d give? Î Hypothetical Question: Hypothetically, if you had to name two areas that you need to work on to be more receptive to constructive criticism, what would you say and why? Î Reflection Question: After going through these questions, what did you learn about yourself from a positive perspective? What did you learn that you now know you need to keep developing and why?
Suggested Activities:
Î Define & Coach: Come up with a shared set of criteria that needs to be used in listening and receiving constructive criticism. Areas include: stopping your first reaction, remembering the overall benefits of feedback, listening for understanding, asking questions to clarify or deconstruct. Getting everyone on the same page allows for clarity and higher ability to achieve the desired results. Î Role Play: Practice giving your coaching target a set of constructive criticism. Afterward, have them rate themselves on the areas that you defined in the define and coach section.
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