7 Awesome Email Templates to Request Co-worker Feedback
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It’s the dreaded peer review season. You need to ask your co-workers to provide feedback, but you don’t know if they’ll say no or say good things about you.
Your promotion is on the line, and the last thing you want is to get torpedoed by a disgruntled co-worker because you forgot to invite them to lunch three months ago.
The best way to avoid negative feedback responses is to maintain goodwill with colleagues and perform at your best constantly. Sending a professional and friendly email can also help when you are making requests for feedback.
If you want to see the email templates we’ve created , just scroll below to see all seven.
Sample Email 1: Requesting feedback from a close colleague
Tips:
This should be the easiest and most common approach
Casually ask for their opinions and observations
Sample Email 2: Requesting feedback from a teammate you don’t work with often
Tips:
Use a cordial tone and appeal to their sense of camaraderie
Offer to also provide feedback to them, should they want it
Sample Email 3: Requesting feedback from a coworker you don’t like
Tips:
Keep it professional and on-point
Don’t bring up past disagreements or issues
Sample Email 4: Requesting feedback from someone on a different team
Tips:
Remind the person what you worked on together
Be complimentary to them and their team
Sample Email 5: Requesting feedback from a team you recently joined
Tips:
Show your enthusiasm to be on the team
Let them know you want to use feedback to be a better team member
Sample Email 6: Requesting feedback for a 360 degree feedback review
Tips:
Give any specific instructions relevant to the 360 degree process
Ask for their input on both your strengths AND weaknesses
Sample Email 7: Requesting feedback from your manager
Tips:
Your manager is also, technically, a “coworker”
Don’t forget to ask for feedback from them regularly, especially when you have a specific performance issue or roadblock
We hope these seven email templates save you time and stress when you need to reach out to co-workers for feedback. Remember to be kind, professional and clear in your emails!
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