Enabling a Culture
of Feedback

for Stronger Team Dynamics

Category: Culture Study

Client: Chemical Manufacturing MNC

We worked with a large manufacturing and chemicals company with a simple but powerful goal:

Making feedback work better across the organization.

They had some strong processes in place, especially in their manufacturing units; but the experience of feedback varied widely depending on where someone worked or who they reported to. Some teams were having regular conversations, while others barely had any structured feedback at all.

As an organization, they wanted to understand what was getting in the way, and how to build a more open, consistent feedback culture across the board.

Key
Goals Included

Explore how employees experience feedback across functions and grades

Benchmark with peers to draw inspiration for next-level practices

Bring all these insights together and help the leadership team plan a clear way forward

Roadmap

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Engaged 50+ People
Through interviews, focus groups & a company-wide survey
Data-driven insights
Combined recent feedback with existing data & engagement results
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Asked diverse questions
Explored perceptions, challenges & opportunities
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Honest & eye-opening findings
Reflected both current views and the bigger picture

What We Learned

There were some bright spots especially in manufacturing, where regular check-ins and recognition practices had taken root. 

But there were also clear challenges: 

Feedback was too generic
Most employees weren’t getting helpful or balanced inputs, especially on behavioral growth

Managers felt underprepared
Many were figuring things out on their own, with little formal support or training

The experience varied a lot
Some teams had quarterly feedback, others got it once a year (if that)

Some people didn’t feel safe speaking up
Especially in certain functions and among women employees, there was hesitation around giving feedback to managers

We brought all the insights together in a clear, easy-to-read report and held a workshop with company leaders to reflect on the findings and decide what to do next. 

We also shared examples from other companies who had tackled similar challenges, which helped spark fresh ideas.

Outcomes & Impact

This wasn’t just a one-time study. It gave the company a practical roadmap to move forward: 

01

Train managers to give better, more constructive feedback

02

Make feedback more consistent, not just something that happens at appraisal time 

03

Create safer team environments where people feel heard 

04

Build a culture where feedback becomes a habit—not a checkbox 

It’s the start of something bigger: Helping people talk to each other in ways that build trust, improve performance, and strengthen teams across the organization.