Managers are now supposed to give ‘feedforward,’ not feedback in push for ‘gentler’ job reviews By . Erica Lamberg, Fox Business. Published Sep. 22, 2023, 9:55 a.m. ET.

“The old assumptions of feedback, and all that word conjures up, I think puts a chill on performance,” Joe Hirsch, a corporate speaker and author, said. “Feedforward is about this forward ...

One way to remove the negative connotation of feedback is to reframe it as “feedforward.” “Honestly, it’s semantics, but words matter,” says Bowring.

It's a fresh spin on the performance review concept: "Feedforward" is now considered a better type of job performance review, rather than feedback. Here's what's going on and why.

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The next time you need to provide corrective feedback, try using this feedforward technique. 1. Identify what went well. Have the employee re-cap the things that they thought went well.

Feedback isn’t the only corporate jargon undergoing transformation. At AstraZeneca, yearly reviews have been traded for quarterly check-ins, with feedforward and performance development ...

Teachers should also “feed forward” by asking themselves: How will I use what I learned in the feedback process to inform my instruction? This helps teachers anticipate misconceptions and ...