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Am I supposed to be honest in this situation?

BeaE

My manager has had a promotion, and is going through some leadership type training. She's asked me to fill out a questionnaire, and I don't know if I'm actually meant to be honest. It says you should be honest, but that is normally just something people say.

I know I have to be at least a bit filtered, as she will see the feedback and it's not anonymous.

It's questions like: 

Where do they make things harder than they need to be?

What is one thing they should stop doing or change to strengthen leadership?

Etc. etc. 

I have no idea what is acceptable to say. Does anyone have any idea?

You're also welcome just to respond with frustration about people saying they want honesty, when they actually don't Joy

  • Hi , this is a situation I have experience of. You are right they are likely to want our honesty but not our autistic candour.

    The way I generally handle this in writing is to be as constructive as possible e.g complimentary thing, then a softly couched 'even better if', with a benefit if the change is made (rather than explaining the problem the existing behaviour causes).

    If there is more challenging or potentially awkward feedback you want to give, consider offering it one-to-one, face-to-face and orally, as then it can be discussed without prejudice.

    Happy to riff further on this if that would help...