Below are a number of best practices to use when providing others with constructive feedback:
- be as specific as possible
- precede a suggestion for improvement with a positive comment
- ask if it would help if you were to clarify or reword your feedback to make it clearer
- provide age appropriate feedback
- invite the person to whom you are providing feedback to also provide you with feedback
- try to ensure that the feedback you are providing is achievable and not overly demanding
- thank the person to whom you are providing feedback for providing you with an opportunity to provide feedback
- choose your words carefully, aiming to be as clear as possible
- etc.
