Q2 2024 APCO Geopolitical Radar - The Global Operating Environment for Business
5 reasons people fear Realtime Feedback Solutions
1. People fear Realtime Feedback Solutions
5 Reasons
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2. “Oh, I prefer giving Feedback face to face.
We don’t need any technology for that.”
#5
…and you are right! You also don’t need a car to visit your
parents, you could walk.Now riddle us this; when was the last time
you actually did give positive feedback face to face, out of turn of
any review process to a colleague, superior or team-member?
OLD SCHOOL
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3. “Exposing people who don’t receive
positive feedback is mean and bullying.”
#4
…whereas keeping those people and their leaders in the dark
about them not being appreciated by their colleagues is the
neighbourly thing to do? Isn’t transparency a pre-requisite to
positive action.
PROTECTION
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4. “Our Colleagues would not be able to
judge who deserves positive Feedback.”
#3
This usually comes from a few for whom the statement is true.
Even if that were true (which it isn’t), wouldn’t you want them to
learn how to? If everybody had to relate feedback to a job well
done, maybe more people would understand a job well done…
LOW-BALLING
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5. “Our workers council would never
support a performance related solution.”
#2
It’s easy to see that empowering your Colleagues with the ability
to peer-coach each other in fulfilling their own potential and in
sum that of the organisation is a bad thing. Huh? Have you
actually asked your worker’s council? And if they say no, we bet
you, your cultural problems run way deeper than a feedback app.
POLITICS
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6. “We have more important things to do
than worry about feedback tools.”
#1
According to Gallup, 70% (seventy) of employees leave their job
because of lack of positive and constructive development
feedback. But hey, uhmm…you surely know best.
NO PRIORITY
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