How to Create a Powerful Feedback Loop within Your Company
After reading the above, you probably want to know how to create a feedback loop within your company and boost employee morale and productivity. Feedback can be gathered either manually or via automation (or sometimes with a combined hybrid approach).
For this reason, we won’t be discussing any specific methods, but we will be offering some hands-on, actionable ideas on how to build a process that works, whether it relies on manual or automated feedback tools.
Step 1: Get your leaders fully on board
Firstly, you need to gain the approval of your workers—specifically, of your team leaders. While most employees are happy to get involved with feedback loops, they can create more work, so it’s essential for them to agree before you begin.
Getting business leaders on board will allow you to communicate the value of feedback loops to teams and individuals. This is important as different leadership styles might require you to provide different types of support.
Step 2: Select the right tech tools to use
Collecting feedback manually is certainly possible, and you can do this via telephone calls, surveys, questionnaires, and so on. Nonetheless, it may be more advantageous to adopt a digital approach.
This will require you to either implement a digital feedback tool or build one. There are pros and cons to both.
Choosing to use a pre-made tool, such as a communication or collaboration platform like Slack, Google, Zoom, or SurveyMonkey, is generally easier and more affordable.
On the other hand, creating a bespoke digital tool to collect feedback offers a greater level of customization. This could give you an advantage when it comes to delivering the type of support your employees want and expect.
Whichever approach you choose, one thing is non-negotiable: its simplicity. You want to make leaving feedback as stress-free as possible.
