Fast Company: 6 lies you probably tell yourself about giving feedback at work
As a manager, you know that it’s your job to coach your team and help people improve. You know that it’s up to you to set the tone of the...
- Nov 8, 2019
- 2 min
If you are Under 38 or Think “Young” in the Workplace, You May Be Too Nicey-Nice to Give Honest Feed
If you identify as Millennial, Gen Z, or just feel you relate better to “younger” co-workers, you may be in for a surprise as you are...
- Oct 18, 2019
- 2 min
Convert Your Stress to Positive Expectation Before You Give Feedback
OK, you’ve finally decided to have a feedback conversation with someone you’d like to behave differently. Anxiety in your fear center As...
- Oct 4, 2019
- 2 min
After You’re Comfortable Giving Great Feedback, Make Sure to Benefit from the Feedback that Comes Ba
As a feedback consultant, I spend most of my time helping people get up enough nerve to give feedback to someone who may react...
- Sep 13, 2019
- 2 min
Helping Your Team Members Change Their Priorities
It seems like an impossible situation. Your direct reports are already stressed and stretched to do the jobs the way they’ve always...
- Aug 30, 2019
- 2 min
When you want to hold your people more accountable…Either/or thinking is what is holding you back!
If you’re a leader, you may feel frustrated with your players’ performance—some of your team members or or all of them. Positive stuff...
- Aug 2, 2019
- 2 min
Start a Feedback Conversation: You’ll Unleash Awareness & Catapult Your Work into A New Level o
I spend a lot of time helping leaders communicate better with the other leaders and co-workers on their teams. When coaching, I notice in...
- Jul 19, 2019
- 2 min
Talking to Your Team Members (Between the Big Goals, Questions, and Meetings)
You’ve probably had many experiences thinking you’ve explained something your team needs to be doing now—due to new products, new...
- Jul 5, 2019
- 2 min
Giving Feedback to Overly-Confident People
Some people may appear to not need and not want feedback about their work activities. Yet, their actions impact your success and can...
- Jul 5, 2019
- 2 min
Giving Feedback When Your Team Isn’t Used to It
There are many reasons why your group isn’t used to getting your feedback. It may be you… You may suddenly be managing people who used to...
- Jun 7, 2019
- 2 min
How to Expedite Feedback to Employees (while you take out the stress)
If you think of feedback as a dreaded time sink, you can relax a bit. Not only is the everyday feedback approach much faster than the...
- Apr 22, 2019
- 3 min
Why It’s Now Popular to Trash-Talk The Value of Feedback to Employees
Recently, I’ve seen articles with splashy headlines and lots of buzz on LinkedIn about the harmful effects of frequent feedback on...
- Apr 5, 2019
- 3 min
Over-Communicate Goals & Prevent the Need to Give Corrective Feedback
The biggest reason you aren’t seeing optimal performance by others all the time is that they don’t see your goals the way you see...
- Feb 22, 2019
- 2 min
SURPRISE! Your Work Life Gets Easier When You Give Feedback: 7 Surprises In Store For You!
If you’re like 95% of leaders who would prefer just about anything over giving feedback to a co-worker or direct report, you will be...
- Jan 22, 2019
- 2 min
Embody the Value You See in Feedback with Your Voice, Posture, & Gestures
When people are serious about a concept they are speaking about and they place a lot of value on the idea, you know it. Their physical...
- 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...
- Nov 9, 2018
- 2 min
Sometimes It IS Better To Save Feedback For The Right Moment
The advice I’m about to give goes against all the latest wisdom and research about the value of instant feedback, 100% transparency, and...
- Nov 5, 2018
- 2 min
The Many Advantages of Having a Boss Who Gives Frequent, Honest Feedback
When you have a boss who believes in the value of frequent, helpful feedback conversations, you are at a huge advantage over professional...
- 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...
- Sep 21, 2018
- 2 min
You’ll Have Better Weekends & Sleep Sounder If You Use Everyday Feedback at Work
A surprising personal benefit to building honest feedback relationships with everyone at work is peace of mind at home. Anxiety about...
- Sep 14, 2018
- 2 min
Give Frequent Feedback & Grow a Fantastic Communication Culture
Almost all of us in a leadership role regularly vow to improve communication in our team or company. Especially after a challenging...
- Aug 17, 2018
- 2 min
Cost Of (Poor) Feedback to Your Business
A big preoccupation in the quality arena in business is making sure that everyone measures the cost of poor quality. Quality leaders in...
- Jul 27, 2018
- 2 min
Successful Feedback Always Includes A Suggestion For Change
Unless you are blowing someone off or hoping they will resign, your feedback has to lay out clearly what you want to see in place of the...
- Jul 20, 2018
- 2 min
How To Break Your Team Members’ Association Between Helpful Feedback And Useless Performance Reviews
Since employees see the concepts of feedback and performance review as intertwined, you will have to demonstrate why that association is...