To ask or not to ask that IS the question.....
Do you ask for feedback? There is actually an option to send a follow up email if a client had not left feedback for you on the details page after any call, which makes it easier IF that is your choice to do so. There are many opinions about that and many sides to this but the most important thing is how do the people who are asked for feedback feel? How one feels about an issue normally colors their response to it. Personally I feel that feedback is OPTIONAL, that means one is not obliged to leave it, so in my humble opinion it is rude to ask for it or push for it as some advisors do. There have been some readings that I would prefer never to say how I felt when I hung up and chose rather than leave negative feedback on another advisors page because it does not look as if one is behaving in a professional manner towards another advisor. And as an advisor there may be a perception that ones feedback holds more weight or should be taken more seriously because of your position of being an advisor. However there has been cases of advisors either using their name or even calling under another name to leave feedback that is less than stellar and while I am not a fan of the conspiracy theory that some advisors espouse I do believe that it can and does happen. I am just not sure that people would waste money just to do so as some advisors believe. Now just because I do not like being asked for feedback does not mean it offends all who are asked. I am of the opinion that It makes it seem as if that is the main focus of the advisor, and I am not sure that is where the focus should be. I believe that the focus should be a good, solid, realistic reading, and IF the feedback comes that's icing, but NOT the main focus of the advisor. Is nice feedback great? Sheesh I would be lying if I said that is was not, I love to get feedback to say that what I saw was accurate. But it's never been my focus, and I do not email to ask for it, even if someone calls me back to say I was right about something. It is still optional, and not required and the focus on it is somewhat unhealthy in my humble opinion.
joan