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It’s appraisal season where I work and I spent a significant amount of this morning writing feedback on various colleagues’ performance. One that did amuse me though, was the annotation on one colleague’s form:
“Please be honest. Feedback is a gift, like a woolly jumper from your auntie at Christmas. You might not like it but you take it with good grace and remember that it was sent with the best possible intentions.”
Nice one. Many people take constructive feedback as a negative (and it can be hard to give). At least this approach encourages others to provide honest opinions.