One of the biggest challenges we all have when providing feedback is to stay focused. Most of us can’t remember too many things at once; long, detailed feedback can confuse the receiver.

Also, after receiving feedback, people need time to decant it.

This feedback exercise forces people to stick to the point. They have to provide feedback during one breath (for most people, 15-20 seconds).

Divide people into couples, they don't have to know eachother very well for this exercise. Let each couple give the other person feedback within one breath. You can rotate and let them give other people feedback too if time allows.

This feedback technique can be used:

• one-on-one
• to ask for quick feedback (can you tell me what I did well today, in-one-breath?)
• in a group setting (can we go around the circle and say how today's training went, in-one-breath?)