I have put together a Giving and Receiving Colleague feedback workshop and have started doing the Beta. Last Friday I did it in the UK- went ok. I would give myself a solid B. I think it is rather difficult to facilitate for a small group of people that are mostly your friends as I can be too informal. Colm gave me feedback to not curse- I don’t think I said anything really bad but there may have been a phrase that was a bit looser than what I would use in Seattle. Next time will be better.
Woke up this morning in the middle of a serious nightmare. I was doing the feedback session. Mark, one of the managers was there, but he didn’t say anything the entire time. I didn’t know anyone else. They were all really young. University young. In the middle of my introduction, one of the women got up and left the class. She came back a few minutes later and passed out hand outs that she thought would help people with the topic.
I got a bit assy with her.
People started moving around and sitting up in the area where I was with the flip charts and getting in the way of the power point projector. No one was listening to me. They were talking to each other and were disengaged from the class.
I finally lost it and asked them to leave because it was really fucking me off what they were doing and that it was disrespectful.
Everyone looked shocked that I had said fuck. They shuffled out and I got slammed in the feedback.
I know exactly what this dream is about. Last time I was in Seattle for a beta, my team was a horrible audience. They were giving the presenter feedback as the class was going on. They were like small children. And now I’m scared that I am going to say something I shouldn’t.
I know it will be fine, I just think I would prefer it if I didn’t remember my dreams.
