--- title: Employee’s want feedback – really! | The People Plan description: Employee’s want feedback – really! by Diana Southall | Jun 2, 2015 | performance, rewards | 0 comments “Doing performance coaching right means 42% higher p --- [Skip to content](https://www.atlasalign.com/blog/employees-want-feedback#main-content) ![Atlas Alignment Growth Partners logo](https://www.atlasalign.com/hs-fs/hubfs/AA%20logo%203%20inch.jpg?width=300&height=60&name=AA%20logo%203%20inch.jpg) - [Home](https://www.atlasalign.com/) - [Services](https://www.atlasalign.com/services) - [About](https://www.atlasalign.com/about) - [Blog](https://www.atlasalign.com/blog) - [Resources](https://www.atlasalign.com/resources) - [Events](https://www.atlasalign.com/events) - [Contact](https://www.atlasalign.com/contact) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [Home](https://www.atlasalign.com/) - [Services](https://www.atlasalign.com/services) - [About](https://www.atlasalign.com/about) - [Blog](https://www.atlasalign.com/blog) - [Resources](https://www.atlasalign.com/resources) - [Events](https://www.atlasalign.com/events) - [Contact](https://www.atlasalign.com/contact) - [Book a Chat](https://www.atlasalign.com/discovery) [Book a Chat](https://www.atlasalign.com/discovery) Jun 2, 2015, 12:00:00 AM # Employee’s want feedback – really! [Diana Southall](https://www.atlasalign.com/blog/author/diana-southall) Share: [facebook-f icon](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://www.atlasalign.com/blog/employees-want-feedback) [linkedin-in icon](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://www.atlasalign.com/blog/employees-want-feedback) [Twitter icon](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https://www.atlasalign.com/blog/employees-want-feedback) [pinterest-p icon](http://pinterest.com/pin/create/link/?url=https://www.atlasalign.com/blog/employees-want-feedback) [envelope icon](mailto:?body=https://www.atlasalign.com/blog/employees-want-feedback) ![](https://www.atlasalign.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/zf-feedback-effect-ee-dev.jpg?width=1080&height=675&name=zf-feedback-effect-ee-dev.jpg) “*Doing performance coaching right means 42% higher productivity*.” (Bersin report: High-Impact Performance Management: Using Goals to Focus the 21st-Century Workforce) **The jury is *not* still out, the key to the care and feeding of great employees is coaching them clearly, positively and often.** In fact, based on a recent survey, the Zenger Folkman group (authors of the Exceptional Leadership book) that *employees had a preference for receiving corrective feedback 3 times the level of their preference for receiving positive feedback*! Are you avoiding that corrective feedback? You are actually doing more harm ignoring your staff than just being honest and coaching them where they need it. *Some Zenger Folkman statistics- based on the best and worst leaders* (as givers of feedback): | **Engagement measure** | **Worst leaders (10th percentile)** | **Top leaders (90th percentile)** | | --- | --- | --- | | *Intent to quit* | 42% | 15% | | *Perceived opportunities* | 33% | 70% | | *Feel fairly treated* | 28% | 73% | **If you avoid giving feedback (corrective or positive) then this has a dramatic negative impact on the performance of your team.** *What should they prioritize? How can they know how to improve? How can they feel challenged?* You can *evaluate your own preferences* for giving and receiving feedback with this [short assessment](http://www.Zengerfolkman.com/feedback-practices-perceptions). If you find that you are avoiding giving feedback, you may want to develop these skills to enhance your team’s performance and ultimately your job performance, too. 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