Feedback Is a Gift

The word “feedback” can often provoke negative feelings, like fear or defensiveness. However, feedback is a gift that we can offer to ourselves and to the people in our communities.

As part of the WKKF Community Leadership Network with the Center for Creative Leadership program, fellows are introduced to the situation-behavior-impact (SBI) model for giving and receiving feedback. The SBI model provides a structure for feedback to be focused and relevant, while increasing the likelihood it will be received in a clear, non-defensive manner.

Effective feedback – whether reinforcing positive behavior or identifying a growth area – is a core skill required of any leader engaged in the development of individuals. At the New Mexico all-class gathering, fellows teamed up with their accountability partners to talk about feedback, including how they are using the SBI model and ways it’s benefited their leadership and work in communities.

Stacy Stout and Liz Red

“I was thinking before this fellowship, how scary feedback was for me. … What has hooked me on giving feedback has been feeling the value of receiving feedback – it’s a gift.” – Liz Red, Mississippi fellow

Do you shy away from feedback? Watch Stacy Stout and Liz Red, fellows in the WKKF Community Leadership Network, share how they’re learning to give and receive constructive feedback and become more impactful leaders.

Kelsey Wabanimkee and Blanca Adriana Ontiveros

“Feedback is about creating trust, creating honesty. Feedback should be a priority for every leader.” – Blanca Adriana Ontiveros, New Mexico fellow

Hear from WKKF Community Leadership Network Fellows Kelsey Wabanimkee and Blanca Adriana Ontiveros about the situation-behavior-impact model and how it is helping them give focused and relevant feedback that is more readily received because it’s directed on the behavior and not the person.

Ricardo Benavidez, Micah Briggs, Sr. and Nikki Elder

“Feedback isn’t about reprimand, it’s about being productive and making positive changes.” – Ricardo Benavidez, Michigan fellow

How are you incorporating feedback in your leadership practice? Watch WKKF Community Leadership Network Fellows Ricardo Benavidez, Micah Briggs, Sr. and Nikki Elder describe the ways they find feedback effective and beneficial to their work in communities.

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