Thanks for the Feedback

The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well

By: Douglas Stone, Sheila Heen

Narrated by: Douglas Stone, Sheila Heen

The coauthors of the New York Times–bestselling Difficult Conversations take on the toughest topic of all: how we see ourselves

Douglas Stone and Sheila Heen have spent the past fifteen years working with corporations, nonprofits, governments, and families to determine what helps us learn and what gets in our way. In Thanks for the Feedback, they explain why receiving feedback is so crucial yet so challenging, offering a simple framework and powerful tools to help us take on life’s blizzard of offhand comments, annual evaluations, and unsolicited input with curiosity and grace. They blend the latest insights from neuroscience and psychology with practical, hard-headed advice. Thanks for the Feedback is destined to become a classic in the fields of leadership, organizational behavior, and education.

Practical and helpful

Great tips and very practical. I have the hard copy too but appreciated the audible version as I like to listen while walking, doing housework, etc., but hard-copy is very helpful as a guide at work, when teaching, etc.

Receiving feedback well is on you, not the giver

The book's main idea is that learning to receive feedback well is more important than being able to give feedback well. It's up to you, the receiver, to learn how to learn this skill, and the authors make a strong case for why doing so will help you grow at work, at home, and in life.

The book also provides lots of examples and strategies for learning to receive feedback well. I recommend this book for students, teachers, coaches, managers, athletes--actually, for just about anyone who wants to know more about the feedback process and wants to improve in a specific area.

By chance, I listened to this book right after finishing Carol Dweck's Mindset, a book the authors draw on quite a bit. Thanks for the Feedback was the perfect follow-up book, and I recommend them both.

The weakest part of the book is the authors' delivery: not terrible at all, but also not particularly captivating. With some patience, I made it through to the end, and the content made the effort worth the while.

Deliciously Insightful

So helpful in understanding the subtle interplay between ourselves, our counterparts, and the emotional transmission belts that work in making connections stronger. Probably saved my relationship. Definate must read

Greatly challenges the way I consider feedback

The narration was not my favorite but the content totally makes up for it!

Excellent self-help book!

This book is a areat tool for navigating daily feedback and becoming a better recipient of feedback!