22 March 2017
To prepare, I took notes on what I wanted to communicate (in a pattern of Open, Body, and Close), and then took a break - returning to review them at a different time, better able to see my comments from anothers' perspective, and hopefully made my impact match my intent more closely. I also double-checked that everything I said would be Specific, Actionable, and Kind.
The conversation went well - the hardest part was the build-up before the actual event. Once I was communicating and seeing that I was being well recieved, I relaxed more and was able to say everything I wanted to say, in the way I planned to say it.
I used active listening to make sure my feedback was recieved in the way I intended, and through this was able to clarify what I was saying. I was specific and concrete in my examples, and empathetic towards the person, and avoided 'don't' and 'shouldn't' statements. I was careful to not be global in the way I stated my feedback.
I enjoy giving and recieving feedback.