TTPP 3: How to Obtain Good Quality Feedback (and Why You Should Ask for More!)

07/06/20 • 22 min

Feedback.

It is one of those things that many of us know is beneficial to help us develop and grow, but despite this, we choose to avoid it.

Obtaining feedback is feared. It can make us feel uncomfortable, threatened, and defensive. But by not taking advantage of feedback, we are depriving ourselves of a useful resource.

As tax professionals, a lot of the skills we need to are learnt through experience and practice alone, rather than taught to us in a classroom. And this makes feedback even more valuable to us.

Feedback doesn’t need to be this big scary task that is dreaded. In fact, we should embrace it, and see if for what it is – an opportunity to help us grow and develop.

I hear you. Easier said than done, I know, but still doable.

To reap the full benefits of obtaining feedback, you should:

Adopt a ‘growth’ mindset
Ask the right questions
Make it easy for people to give you feedback
Properly reflect and act upon feedback received

Want to learn how? Take a listen to this episode!

Oh, and equip with the knowledge learnt in this episode, I challenge you to ask for 5 pieces of feedback in the next week.

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Feedback.

It is one of those things that many of us know is beneficial to help us develop and grow, but despite this, we choose to avoid it.

Obtaining feedback is feared. It can make us feel uncomfortable, threatened, and defensive. But by not taking advantage of feedback, we are depriving ourselves of a useful resource.

As tax professionals, a lot of the skills we need to are learnt through experience and practice alone, rather than taught to us in a classroom. And this makes feedback even more valuable to us.

Feedback doesn’t need to be this big scary task that is dreaded. In fact, we should embrace it, and see if for what it is – an opportunity to help us grow and develop.

I hear you. Easier said than done, I know, but still doable.

To reap the full benefits of obtaining feedback, you should:

Adopt a ‘growth’ mindset
Ask the right questions
Make it easy for people to give you feedback
Properly reflect and act upon feedback received

Want to learn how? Take a listen to this episode!

Oh, and equip with the knowledge learnt in this episode, I challenge you to ask for 5 pieces of feedback in the next week.

Previous Episode

TTPP 2: How to Improve Your Productivity with Better To-Do List and Email Management with Carl Pullein

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As tax professionals, there are times when we are exceptionally busy. Dreading tax return seasons, or that one client demanding immediate advice.

We become stressed. We work long hours. And we end up neglecting those non-urgent important tasks that we know we should do.

The solution?

Increase your productivity.

But how, I hear you ask?

If you’d have told it was this simple a year ago, I wouldn’t have believed you. But by making some simple changes to how you approach your to-do list and emails, you can save time, become less overwhelmed, less stressed, and...

More productive!

I learnt this from productivity expert, Carl Pullein, who has helped thousands of people around the work to become more productive. So I invited him on the show to help you too become more productive, too!

Take a listen, improve your approach, and get more done in less time!
Show notes: thetaxprofessionalspodcast.com/ttpp2

Next Episode

TTPP 4: How to be a Better Delegator to Progress your Career with Mike Clayton

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Delegation is one of those skills that, once mastered, will become an exceptionally useful tool for you. It will help you progress, develop and get more out of your tax career, as well as help to improve your work-life balance (if this is something you desire!).

But if you’ve had to opportunity to delegate, you’ve probably encountered a situation where delegation hasn’t gone to plan, leaving you feeling frustrated, annoyed, and like it’s quicker to do the work yourself.

You’re definitely not alone with that experience. Delegation is a skill, and like any other skill, it must be learnt, developed, and improved over time.

In this episode, Mike Clayton, from his extensive experience as a business trainer, author and speaker in helping professions, managers and leaders to excel, provides some great insights and advice so that you can become a better delegator.
Show notes: thetaxprofessionalspodcast.com/TTPP4