1 <p>Remote and hybrid employment is here to stay. In fact,<a>Forbes</a>has recently said, “74% of professionals expect remote work to become standard, and 97% of employees don’t want to return to the office full time.” For HR leaders, this means adopting new ways of giving feedback will be necessary in the near future.</p>

2 <p>Offering feedback in general is hard, but offering feedback to a person you may only see twice a year or have never met can be even more difficult. If offering feedback is so difficult, why even attempt, especially to remote employees?</p>

3 <p>Development oriented feedback helps employees feel more engaged. When we understand our strengths and weaknesses we can grow and have a greater impact on the business. In fact, according to<a>Forbes</a>, “four out of 10 workers are actively disengaged when they get little or no feedback; 82% of employees appreciate positive and negative feedback; and 43% of highly engaged employees receive feedback at least once a week as opposed to 18% of low engagement employees.”</p>