Great gift analogy, I didn't think about feedback this way yet. For me in the end it comes back to intention. Sometimes tough feedback comes from a good place and even it is hard to swallow, I am happy to know I can improve. I also experienced cruel feedback as a means to establish themselves or invalidate work and it was hard not to take it to heart. In my experience a lot of environments benefit from feedback workshops - everybody knows the basic feedback rules, but practicing it with good intention is a whole other skillset.
Great gift analogy, I didn't think about feedback this way yet. For me in the end it comes back to intention. Sometimes tough feedback comes from a good place and even it is hard to swallow, I am happy to know I can improve. I also experienced cruel feedback as a means to establish themselves or invalidate work and it was hard not to take it to heart. In my experience a lot of environments benefit from feedback workshops - everybody knows the basic feedback rules, but practicing it with good intention is a whole other skillset.