Hi, I'm Helen and I'm Sarah and you're listening to the Squiggly Careers podcast and this episode is part of our Squiggly Skills Sprint series where we've recorded 20 episodes each of them are less than seven minutes long to help you build some career development momentum. In each episode Sarah and I are going to talk about a squiggly skill, what it is and why it

matters. We're going to share an idea for action from each of us, give you a go-to guru and a podcast

episodes that you can listen and learn a bit more. And we really, really want you to turn this

squiggly skills sprint into your own learning streak. And for anyone who lets us know how they're getting on and who

completes the 20 day streak, we can't prove that, so we trust you. But if you tag us that you've

done the sprint, you've completed the streak, then what we will do is we'll get in touch with you

and we will invite you to a free five skills to succeed virtual workshop that Sarah and I are going

to be running in September so we can help you dive even deeper into the world of squiggly careers. All you've got to do is tag at Amazing

If in any of your social posts and then we'll be in touch. So this skill sprint is on feedback.

So we're going to start with what it is and why does it matter? And the what it is is interesting

because there is very rarely a shared understanding

in organisations or even in teams of what feedback is for. If you ask everybody to share a

definition of feedback, you usually get lots of different versions. One of my favourites is actionable

insight because I think that's short, it's memorable, and it describes in a simple

and straightforward way, like what feedback is for. And I think when you're thinking about feedback,

see the sort of mini skills that sit under feedback, which is asking for feedback, giving

feedback and receiving feedback. Again, I think sometimes our capability isn't the same across those three almost sub-skills

to do with feedback.

So if you were thinking about those three, Helen, which one are you best at?

Asking giving or receiving feedback?

Oh, that's a really interesting question.

I think that I am best at receiving feedback. I reflect on it for quite a lot

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