GUBA (acronym)
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GUBA stands for Good, Ugly, Bad, Awesome.
This is a technique to elicit feedback
from groups in a constructive way.
The team members are asked, in what way the team is Good, in what way the team is Bad, in what way the team is Ugly, and in what way the team is Awesome.
This helps to openly categorize what the team is very good at (Awesome), just ok (Good), not ok (Bad), and what it is really bad at (Ugly). This is then used to agree on improvements that the team as a whole must make, to eliminate the Ugly and Bad, and build on the Awesome.
The GUBA technique is used in sports and business team coaching.
This is a technique to elicit feedback
Feedback
Feedback describes the situation when output from an event or phenomenon in the past will influence an occurrence or occurrences of the same Feedback describes the situation when output from (or information about the result of) an event or phenomenon in the past will influence an occurrence or...
from groups in a constructive way.
The team members are asked, in what way the team is Good, in what way the team is Bad, in what way the team is Ugly, and in what way the team is Awesome.
This helps to openly categorize what the team is very good at (Awesome), just ok (Good), not ok (Bad), and what it is really bad at (Ugly). This is then used to agree on improvements that the team as a whole must make, to eliminate the Ugly and Bad, and build on the Awesome.
The GUBA technique is used in sports and business team coaching.