Tips for Providing Peer Feedback in Workday

Many of you have been tapped to provide helpful insights for your co-workers through Peer Feedback, a Workday feature of our newly revamped Performance & Development (P&D) program.

The window for submitting Peer Feedback runs through Aug. 26. It’s an opportunity to give honest and candid input based on what you’ve observed while working with your colleagues.

If you’ve been chosen to give Peer Feedback but haven’t yet completed it, here are a few tips:

• Be specific about your co-worker’s strengths and contributions, as well as their areas for improvement
• Share your appreciation by pointing out actions and behaviors that made a positive impact 
• Encourage the excellent habits you’ve observed
• Keep your comments constructive rather than critical or emotional when addressing potential areas for growth

Peer Feedback in Workday uses a 3-point rating scale to measure benchmarks such as the employee’s impact on patient experience, teamwork and top accomplishments.

Between three and seven people have been asked to give Peer Feedback for each employee, which creates a summary that will be shared with the employee for job coaching purposes. Remember … the feedback you provide won’t factor into your colleague’s performance evaluation.

This new P&D process invites co-workers to support one another and practice our values of respect, generosity, kindness and collaboration in a meaningful way.  We appreciate your objectivity and insightful perspectives as we foster each other’s professional development and keep Cook Children’s a workplace of excellence.

Access more information about Peer Review here, Job Aid and step-by-step instructions with screenshots (clickviews) on CookNet, or by emailing AskHRIS@cookchildrens.org.