Feedback ladder

Ladder of Feedback Worksheet

Leading for Understanding

Feedback for: Stephanie

Feedback from: Kristen

The "Ladder of Feedback" can help us to establish a culture of trust & constructive support as we work with others. The Ladder of
Feedback suggests following this sequence when providing feedback:

 I understand what you mean when you say that some tropical
diseases are only treated through donations, but I think it
1. Clarify might be more clear if you say that treatments can only be
Are there aspects that you don’t believe you have understood? acquired/procured through donations. The way it’s written
makes it sound as if the donations are doing the action of
ensure that you're clear about what your colleague hopes to achieve by treating the patient 
asking some questions or stating any assumptions you've made (i.e., “I
wasn’t sure if you meant that …, but that’s what I assumed, so now you
can understand where my feedback is coming from.”)

2. Value
What do you see that you find to be particularly impressive,
innovative, strong?
valuing builds a supportive culture of understanding and will help your
colleague to identify strengths in their work that they might not have
recognized otherwise
 valuing reminds your colleague of the parts of his/her work that
should be preserved when making improvements
 expressing your appreciation for others and their ideas is
fundamental to the process of constructive feedback
 stressing the positive points of the work and offering honest
compliments sets a supportive tone
3. Offer Concerns
Do you detect some potential problems or challenges? Do you
disagree with something?
share your concerns, not as derisive accusations or abrasive criticisms,
but as honest thoughts (i.e., "Have you considered . . ."; "What I
wonder about is. . ."; "Perhaps you have thought about this, but . . .".)
 I love this topic and I think that you focus on some very
important points!
 I think it’s important to point out and understand the financial
implications that govern global health, both in research and
practical settings.
 I thought that the attention to global donor spending and the
treatment of tropical diseases was particularly effective, and
could possibly be strengthened with some quantitative aspect
(What percentage of research/money is aimed at
finding/delivering treatments for these diseases as opposed to
others; and does that match up with the size of those who
need these drugs? My guess is no)
 You conclusion is particularly salient and very important. I
think that you could stress this point even further by
elaborating what lockdown does to low-income/resource-
stressed communities.
 I really like a lot of your points but I noticed some missing
links/connectors. For example, I had a hard time making the
jump between the title/intro with the three statements and the
rest of the paper. I can see the contrast you are trying to set
up between perception/reality, but I think it might help to
build more of a connection.
 Also, there was a jump in paragraph 5 when you went from
talking about economic growth and urbanization and then
suddenly migration. Did you mean that urbanization and air
pollution push people to migrate? And where does political
dissent fit into your argument/ connect with working families
(in the following sentence)?
 There seems to be a logical fallacy between your first
statement that people in high income countries live longer

4. Suggest
Do you have suggestions on how to address the concerns you
identified during the last step?
 help your colleague make improvements by sharing your ideas on
how he/she might revise their work (of course, there is no
guarantee that your colleague will use the suggestions --
suggestions are not mandates, after all!)Ag
and paragraph 6 when you say that socioeconomic
status/disparities in health lead to higher morbidity and
mortality. I get your point completely but you may want to
change the wording in the first one to agree with the second.
Maybe something like: people in high income countries are
happier? And then: this is also false.
 Perhaps a title would help you to integrate the first paragraph
into the body of the blog
 I think you have LOTS of great points, but some get a bit lost
in the wordiness of certain sentences or the jumps between
ideas. I think just trying to simplify each sentence and work
on the bridges between the ideas will strengthen your overall
argument 
 If it were me writing, I might consider expanding the part
about the inequities inherent in donor funding and then
consider condensing paragraph 5, which is all interesting
information but isn’t essential to your argument.