Wellbeing and resilience can be strengthened by receiving and acting on feedback. Usually, when feedback is given, the listener dreads it. Good news, I had a great experience of invaluable feedback, which I thought would be useful to share.
The feedback gold mine was opened to me by Vyla Rollin, an Award-Winning Organisational Psychologist, an Executive Coach, and Executive Director of the Leadership Institute. I was a guest lecturer on Nonprofit Governance at The London Business School. Vyla asked if I would like to receive feedback, and I graciously said yes. I did not know I would be in for a treat.
Vyla gifted me with one of the most beautiful feedback sessions I have ever had.
The style and content of the feedback modelled diamonds in continuous improvement and actionable steps. So what was it that made the feedback special?
- Vyla asked me how I thought the session had gone.
- She reflected on what she thought
- There had been an evaluation from the participants. She asked me what I had thought about it.
- We explored what I would build upon.
- We discussed what I would do differently.
- Vyla closed by asking me how I thought our feedback session had gone.
Both the receiver of the feedback and the provider of the feedback were thrilled to have this space together.
I left with some new resources that Vyla signed me to. Given that the evaluation of my session had been really good, I felt extremely supported and valued as we considered how it could be even better. I went on to apply the learning to other areas of my work in governance. I met Vyla recently, and she told me that she was not surprised to learn that I had won the Champion for Governance Award.
