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Jan 30
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 11, 2019
1 min

Training Industry Article: Why Conventional Feedback Training Fails

Training Industry published my article in their magazine. Here is a clip from the article. You’ve heard how badly employees want...

Oct 12, 2018
2 min

Stop Scaring Yourself When You Give (or Receive) Feedback

Do you feel a nervous flutter in your stomach when you’re about to give someone corrective feedback? Are you suddenly coming up with...

Apr 20, 2018
2 min

Feedback Avoidance Defies Logic

But, there is missing information While electronic information about technology and finance is streaming in at warp speed, human feedback...

Mar 16, 2018
2 min

How to Get Great Feedback from a Reluctant Boss

Specify the feedback topics you want to hear about Make it easy to get going by asking for feedback about something specific: “Can you...

Mar 9, 2018
2 min

How to Give Great Feedback to Your Boss

If your boss is reluctant to give feedback—to you and to others—there may not be a ready opportunity to offer feedback naturally during...

Oct 12, 2017
2 min

Giving Feedback to Someone Who’s Defensive or Angry

This can often be prevented by demonstrating that you “see” them and acknowledge the good things that they are doing. When they feel...

Jul 15, 2017
2 min

The Pain vs. the Positives of Giving Feedback

Human beings are loath to inflict pain on others. They assume that giving honest, corrective feedback is going to cause hurt feelings,...

Jan 10, 2017
2 min

SOS–I’m Stuck & Can’t Give Feedback That’s Desperately Needed

You want to get your projects moving and you realize one or more of the people you deal with are desperately in need of feedback to...

Sep 20, 2016
2 min

Feedback Comfort

Here’s THE secret to becoming great at feedback: Get comfortable with it. When feedback comes so naturally that it’s simply the way you...

Jun 30, 2016
2 min

Hey Boss: Don’t Hold Back Your Feedback

Whether it’s getting axed after a contest on reality TV, or feeling the shock from a sudden low rating on a performance review, people...

Sep 15, 2015
2 min

We Deceive Ourselves About How Much Honest Feedback We Actually Give

The truth is available from HR professionals everywhere and probably we know it inside ourselves. We complain about employees or reach...

Jun 28, 2015
2 min

Get in the Mood for Feedback

If you have a vague sense of dread because you need to talk to someone about something that needs big-time improvement, take a few deep...

May 20, 2015
3 min

Can you smile (genuinely) when you’re giving feedback?

When you’re really comfortable giving feedback, you smile and feel eager to help other people achieve things they care about. Managers...

Jan 31, 2015
4 min

From ThoughtLeaders, LLC, 1/26/15, 4 Faulty Assumptions You Have About Giving Feedback

If you are a manager, the chances are great that you dread giving honest feedback to your team members on a frequent basis. And yet it is...

Oct 16, 2014
4 min

From Fast Company, 10/16/14, Bogus Excuses: The Real Reasons Why Bosses Aren’t Giving Feedback

Despite the fact that Millennials, hard-to-retain workers, and a large percentage of employees at all levels are screaming for more...

Jan 15, 2014
2 min

Feedback Can Be Fun!

Feedback conversations are usually in the yuck category of your duties as a manager. They’re on the bottom of your preferred list for how...

Jan 10, 2014
1 min

Why Isn’t Feedback Happening?

The truth about most human beings–managers included–is that they are reluctant and even fearful about giving honest, constructive...

Oct 7, 2013
2 min

Feedback Footdragging

When you’re unsure of how to say what you need to say, it’s easy to put it off. There never seems to be a good time for it. I felt that...

May 22, 2013
1 min

Add In Some Pleasure…

When you have something important to do, try adding in pleasure. What environment soothes your soul? Do you want to bring your laptop to...

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