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Importance of feedback in communication
Feedback is the final step in the communication process. As a small-business owner, you need feedback so that you can gauge whether your communication has been successful. Depending on the feedback you receive, you can clarify or make changes to the way you communicate. This is true in all forms of communication, whether face-to-face, by telephone, e-mail, or in correspondence. Obviously, with some communication forms, feedback will be more immediate than with other forms.
The Communication Process
You probably don’t think about communication as a process in your day-to-day business, but it is. The players are the sender and the receiver. If you initiate the communication, you are the sender. The receiver can be one person or many to whom you are directing the communication. The components between the sender and receiver are encoding, medium of transmission, decoding and feedback. You are encoding when you send the communication. You choose a way to transmit or send. The receiver decodes the information to understand the communication and then sends you feedback.
Importance of Feedback
With personal communication, such as talking to an employee, you can get immediate feedback so you know she understood your message. For example, if you ask her to write a press release about a new product and she nods her head, that’s one form of feedback indicating she understands. A draft of the press release the next day is another concrete feedback form. Silence and inaction are also feedback, possibly indicating she didn’t understand, even if she didn’t verbalize that. This allows you to clarify so that business can be properly conducted.
Related Reading: The Importance of Feedback When in a Leadership Position

Communication Forms
It’s important that you select your communication form based on what type of feedback you need. If you have an urgent business need, it is better to communicate verbally so that the feedback is