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Best Way To Get Honest Feedback

Name: Best Way To Get Honest Feedback
Uploaded: 2022-09-12T18:25:00+00:00
Duration: 22 s
Channel: Shanli Liu, CPA, CTP
Description: In this short segment, Shanli Liu, CPA, CTP explains a practical technique for obtaining candid, deep feedback from others. She advises asking the…

12 Sept 2022 · 0 min

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In this short segment, Shanli Liu, CPA, CTP explains a practical technique for obtaining candid, deep feedback from others. She advises asking the specific question, “What’s something you’re afraid to tell me because it will hurt my feelings?” rather than a generic request for feedback. This framing encourages the respondent to consider honest, potentially uncomfortable observations they might otherwise withhold. Liu notes that such a question prompts deeper reflection, leading to more substantive feedback that can be further explored through follow‑up questions.

What's something that you're afraid to tell me because you're afraid it will hurt my feelings? That's the best question if you actually want to get real feedback from someone, because if you just say, give me a piece of feedback, they're going to give you something surface level. But if you say, hey, give me the feedback that you think is going to hurt my feelings, because it's so true, people will actually answer that question and they'll actually think about what is that thing that I am afraid to tell you? And then you can actually continue to dig and find out that feedback from there.