Hello all,
This year, it was my first Annual Appraisal in which there were a few points provided to me as feedback from my manager. Among all those, a few of the points I do agree with, but there were a few points with which I did not agree. I responded by saying, "I will think on this and will do an analysis."
Kindly let me know if this statement is unprofessional in a corporate setting or if it is an incorrect statement that I should not have used.
From India, Pune
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This year, it was my first Annual Appraisal in which there were a few points provided to me as feedback from my manager. Among all those, a few of the points I do agree with, but there were a few points with which I did not agree. I responded by saying, "I will think on this and will do an analysis."
Kindly let me know if this statement is unprofessional in a corporate setting or if it is an incorrect statement that I should not have used.
From India, Pune
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Before sending a communication to your manager, you have sought advice or suggestions from the members of the general HR forum. This is appreciable. Your post indicates how conscious you are of the choice of your words.
Coming to your query, a manager is a superior person, and his/her feedback has to be taken seriously. You say that on a few points you agree and on a few points you do not. But then there are two things about your non-acceptance. One is that you have evidence to prove that there are no shortcomings in your personality or the work that you do. Another is that you do not have any evidence but you just "think" that there are no shortcomings.
There is always a difference between what we are and what others think we are. Through our unconscious behavior, we send signals to others. First opinions and then attitudes are developed based on the pattern that is formed out of these signals.
Your post was about the construction of a sentence on how to communicate disagreement to your manager. However, in my reply, I am challenging your self-assumptions. If you had evidence contrary to what the manager told you, you could have asked permission to provide evidence. Did the PA meeting happen face-to-face, or did the manager send you a mail or PA?
As an alternative, you may ask for one more meeting with the manager. Tell your manager that you wish to obtain clarification on a few points. Provide evidence to him/her; however, tell him/her politely that this is neither your counter nor confrontation but an attempt to bring to the fore a few facts.
Before you send any mail or ask for the meeting, you may go through the following article on Wikipedia on "Defense Mechanisms": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defence_mechanisms
Please check whether your request in this post is a result of your defense mechanism.
Lastly, if you wish to be diplomatic, then you may send your manager a simple mail stating "noted the feedback."
All the best!
Dinesh Divekar
From India, Bangalore
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8097Coming to your query, a manager is a superior person, and his/her feedback has to be taken seriously. You say that on a few points you agree and on a few points you do not. But then there are two things about your non-acceptance. One is that you have evidence to prove that there are no shortcomings in your personality or the work that you do. Another is that you do not have any evidence but you just "think" that there are no shortcomings.
There is always a difference between what we are and what others think we are. Through our unconscious behavior, we send signals to others. First opinions and then attitudes are developed based on the pattern that is formed out of these signals.
Your post was about the construction of a sentence on how to communicate disagreement to your manager. However, in my reply, I am challenging your self-assumptions. If you had evidence contrary to what the manager told you, you could have asked permission to provide evidence. Did the PA meeting happen face-to-face, or did the manager send you a mail or PA?
As an alternative, you may ask for one more meeting with the manager. Tell your manager that you wish to obtain clarification on a few points. Provide evidence to him/her; however, tell him/her politely that this is neither your counter nor confrontation but an attempt to bring to the fore a few facts.
Before you send any mail or ask for the meeting, you may go through the following article on Wikipedia on "Defense Mechanisms": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defence_mechanisms
Please check whether your request in this post is a result of your defense mechanism.
Lastly, if you wish to be diplomatic, then you may send your manager a simple mail stating "noted the feedback."
All the best!
Dinesh Divekar
From India, Bangalore
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