Managers & leaders who would like to know how their team members really feel & would value anonymous feedback might find Incognito for Slack very useful. The tool, developed by Matt Brooks (founder & CEO), is designed to strip all team members of their “power” positions, so that leaders can get true insight from team members who might otherwise feel intimidated about speaking their mind.
Why Would Teams Need It
The app is useful in that team members can feel confident in their anonymity & offer suggestions they might otherwise feel reluctant to make. Management can get a real overview, set up polls & encourage their team to give feedback without feeling intimidated about offending their co-workers or their bosses.
Managers can collect anonymous questions the team really wants to ask ahead of upcoming AMAs or company events. The app gives team members the opportunity to highlight each other’s achievements for better recognition from management. It also offers an open channel to gather those questions that pop into a team member’s mind at times when no one is available to answer them directly.
How It Works
Incognito for Slack can be added to a workspace by approving the app. The app’s bot creates a private channel named “anonymous_feedback” & adds the initiator to the channel. Once done, the primary user can add leadership users to read & rate feedback offered by team members.
Team members can use the app by initiating the “ /incognito slash” command before submitting their feedback, which will appear under an animal name randomly chosen by the app, such as “Sea-Turtle”.
Admin can set up an anonymous poll using the “/incognito-poll” command & they can access stats via “/incognito-stats”. Data from the app can be exported by Admin in file format via the “/incognito-export” command.
The “/incognito-champion” option allows leadership to reward team members who offer the best feedback.
How To Get It
To try the app, simply click the button on Incognito for Slack’s Website & approve the app for Slack.
(This is a mere profile of the startup & not an endorsement. Readers are strictly advised to do their own due diligence.)
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