Offer Feedback People Really Value by Talking about the Future, Not the Past
Tony, a good friend of mine, wanted my advice about how to talk with someone on his team who seems “overly sensitive” to any feedback...
- Feb 15
- 2 min
If You Coach to Motivate, It Means Giving Feedback
Stepping up your coaching and motivation game through everyday feedback.
- Feb 1
- 2 min
Employees are Starving for Feedback: A Little-Known Secret for Retaining Talent
If you are currently a manager, you are pressured on many fronts. What you may not realize is that your team members are starving for the...
- Dec 13, 2021
- 2 min
Step 3 Keep Talking!
Now that you began the conversation, keep it going! Follow up by focusing on small chunks of improvement at a time Keep the conversation...
- Dec 6, 2021
- 2 min
Start Up Great Feedback with Your Team Members. Step 2 is SIMPLIFY!
To start a feedback habit in your team, there’s no preparation necessary other than deciding it needs to happen. In the previous blog,...
- Nov 17, 2021
- 2 min
Start Up Great Feedback With Your Team Members. Step 1 is YOUR MINDSET!
To start a feedback habit in your team, there’s no preparation needed other than deciding it needs to happen. You want to inspire a...
- Oct 15, 2021
- 2 min
Feedback Clinic: Quick Remedies for Most Common Ailments of Feedback Givers
Not knowing how to start a feedback conversation Back up a second and review important goals you need to share with your team member....
- Oct 12, 2021
- 2 min
Delaying Feedback Is a Bad Idea
When you’re unsure of how to say what you need to say, it’s easy to put it off. Especially now, when it’s harder and harder to find and...
- Sep 24, 2021
- 2 min
Get feedback from your team members and quickly put it to work
Once you start giving feedback on a regular basis, you will start getting it, too. When you suggest that your employees could do...
- Sep 15, 2021
- 3 min
Don’t Be Afraid to Hold Your Team Members Accountable When They Work at Home
A big frustration has come from leaders of work-at-home teams. You are doing your best to communicate with everyone, but you may not be...
- Aug 27, 2021
- 2 min
How To Communicate Unpopular Company Policies: 4 Tips For Leaders
Although your company may have the greater good of employees in mind, any change in company policies may bring out negative reactions,...
- Aug 10, 2021
- 2 min
Confused About Work From Home vs. Work From Office? Don’t Let This Distraction Delay Giving Feedback
Some companies are opening their offices. Some already did. Some decided to let everyone work from home until January. Some for a few...
- Jun 25, 2021
- 2 min
Cajole Yourself Into Giving Feedback. It’s An Essential Job Duty for Leaders
You may not like it. You may be bad at it. But the worst thing you can do is to avoid or delay giving feedback at work. Everyone has...
- Jun 18, 2021
- 2 min
Make Informal Feedback A Positive Experience By Focusing On The Other Person’s Priorities
Remote or face-to-face The dynamics of feedback are similar, whether you’re talking to people in person, on the phone, or in a Zoom or...
- May 12, 2021
- 2 min
Feedback Brings Up Fear in the Brain
I’ve often brought up the topic of feedback at dinner parties with close friends, asking leaders at the table how they feel about giving...
- May 7, 2021
- 2 min
Everywhere Feedback to Enhance Your Team Members’ Talent: In-Office, Remote, Pandemic or No
Now that you and your company are making new decisions about where you’re going to work—office, home, or hybrid, you may be wondering how...
- Apr 27, 2021
- 2 min
Like Most Leaders, You Probably Don’t Give Enough Feedback!
In almost every organization you can think of, leaders like you are told to give feedback and develop their employees. If you own your...
- Apr 16, 2021
- 2 min
Whether Working Remotely or Not, Ask Your Shy Boss for the Feedback You Need to Succeed
Kudos to you if you care about feedback and want to boost your success on the job. Double kudos if you are willing to ask your...
- Mar 23, 2021
- 2 min
Do This 1 Thing to Connect Better with People on Zoom
After all of these months of forced virtual meetings and frustrations along the way, there’s something you can still do to dramatically...
- Mar 12, 2021
- 2 min
Go Ahead: Start Honest Feedback Conversations With Every Team Member, Even if You’ve Avoided Them
You may have an aha! experience of realizing that feedback is something you need to do. Now. And on a regular basis. Even though a lot of...
- Feb 12, 2021
- 2 min
Bottom Line: What Will Giving Feedback Really Do For You?
Try out exchanging “everyday feedback”—clear honest, frequent, and helpful feedback—with people on your team right away. Many team...
- Jan 30, 2021
- 2 min
Find One More Way to Improve Your Connection With Remote Team Members
Use this list to select the items you aren’t already doing that hold the highest promise for better communicating with work team members.
- Jan 16, 2021
- 2 min
How to Encourage People to Give Themselves Feedback and Act on It
Here are some tips for leading the feedback effort in your team.
- Dec 30, 2020
- 2 min
Make the Most of 2021: A New Better Year with Your Team!
Here are some ideas for leading a better year for your team.