Question 2

In a performance review you are told that your written updates are 'hard to follow'. You do not recognise the problem. What is the most useful immediate response?

Ask for a recent update that was hard to follow, and what specifically was hard about it.Correct answer
Explain the time pressure you were writing those updates under, so the reviewer has the full picture.
Thank them, and decide later whether to act on it depending on whether anyone else says the same.
Ask which colleagues raised it, so you can follow up with them directly.

Explanation

Vague feedback cannot be acted on or fairly evaluated until it is tied to a specific instance, so the first move is to get one. Explaining your constraints (option 2) may be relevant later, but offered first it answers a question about blame rather than about the content of the feedback and usually ends the flow of detail. Waiting for corroboration (option 3) postpones the only step that would make the feedback usable. Asking who else said it (option 4) shifts attention to sources instead of to the observation itself.

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