Positive personality trait
Receptive
Willing to listen to, consider, or accept an idea.
4 ready sentences Updated Run by Adrian Nutiu
What it looks like
- Listens to an idea all the way through before answering.
- Asks for feedback and uses it.
- Changes their mind when given a good reason.
Fits when someone listens to new ideas and suggestions and is willing to act on them
Not when the person agrees with every suggestion and decides nothing
How to say it
Replace the brackets with what the person actually did.
Fills [Name] in the reference and the report card comment, ready to copy.
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Resume line Introduced [number] [changes or improvements] suggested by [team, customers or staff], [raising or cutting] [measure] by [amount].
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Reference or recommendation [Name] is receptive to feedback: after [a review or a suggestion from the team], they changed [the way they worked], and it showed in [result].
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Report card comment [Name] is receptive to feedback and uses it to improve their work.
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In a story, shown not told The night staff had asked for years. The new manager listened for twenty minutes, wrote it down, and changed the rota the following week.
The receptive new manager tried the night shift's idea within a week.
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