If Your Feedback Zone is Motivator…
If you lead from the Motivator’s feedback zone, you are more of a cheerleader than a coach. What’s great with your feedback As a...
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- Mar 7, 2014
- 3 min
If Your Feedback Zone is Empathizer…
If you value positive feelings over objective facts when giving feedback, you live in the “Empathizer” feedback zone. The good news is...
- Feb 20, 2014
- 2 min
If Your Feedback Zone is Charger…
If your feedback zone is in the Charger corner, you have an eagle eye on the target and know exactly how to pursue it. Raising the bar...
- Feb 7, 2014
- 2 min
If Your Feedback Zone is Analyzer…
As a leader, you have your own unique set of beliefs about giving feedback, what it should be like, and why it’s hard to do. As a...
- Jan 28, 2014
- 2 min
Mentoring 2.0
Mentoring used to mean…. Giving career advice to a talented young person who doesn’t report to you. There was an emphasis on mutual...
- 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...
- Dec 3, 2013
- 2 min
Prevent “Crucial” Conversations Via Everyday Feedback
If you dread having a difficult conversation with someone on your work team, I have bad news and good news for you. The bad news is that...
- Nov 8, 2013
- 2 min
Start Your Feedback Workout Program with Easy People
If you want to start an exercise program, it’s always best to start with something that’s not too ambitious at first. Like walking in...
- 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...
- Sep 30, 2013
- 1 min
How to Be a More Popular Manager: Give Feedback!
A lot of us avoid giving feedback because we think we’re inflicting pain on people when we do it. A lot of us avoid giving feedback...
- Jul 24, 2013
- 2 min
Don’t Be Mean to Yourself When Jumping into Personal Change
A lot of people I coach want to make big changes in their lives. And that’s a good thing…Stopping bad habits, reaching out to new...
- Jul 9, 2013
- 2 min
Candy-coated Feedback Doesn’t Work As Information
A topic that comes up a lot in the workplace is feedback conversations people want to have or need to have or regret not having already...
- Jun 14, 2013
- 3 min
You speak You-ese and they speak another language . . . .
Marc, a talented young leader, asked me how it was possible that some people on his team saw him as intimidating or overbearing. I knew...
- May 30, 2013
- 2 min
Pivoting…to Get Unstuck
My father, Stanley, was an obstetrician. In his heyday, there was as much art as science to delivering babies. He had an extraordinary...
- May 25, 2013
- 1 min
Memory Day
Got out my lemon-scented Mr. Sketch marker to finish & mark passages in a wonderful book I never finished…About to push Walgreens phone...
- 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...
- May 21, 2013
- 1 min
Procrastination
Someone asked me about procrastination the other day. So many of us want to just “Get Focused” and “Apply Self-Discipline” in order to...
- May 5, 2012
- 2 min
The #1 Thing A Leader Can Do to Have Greater Impact
It’s a sure bet: Have one more conversation per week with every direct report. But not just any conversation. It must be a truthful but...
- Apr 5, 2012
- 2 min
Point Your Feedback Forward and Folks Will Really Get It
No one likes hearing that they screwed up. But everyone wants to hear how they can be super successful in the future. The trick to great...
- Mar 18, 2012
- 2 min
The Topic of Feedback at Dinner
Want to get a lively conversation going at a dinner party? Ask people what they think about feedback in their workplace. Does it work...
- Feb 1, 2012
- 1 min
More and Faster Feedback Found to be Key in Software Projects
My fiance called my attention to a technical manual about Agile Scrum project management tools he was using to lead a programming project...
- Jan 1, 2012
- 2 min
If You’re Withholding Feedback, You Are Lying to Your Employees
Sounds kind of harsh, doesn’t it? But think of managers you’ve worked for in the past who weren’t straight with you about what they...
- May 10, 2011
- 1 min
“Hey Manager! Why didn’t you tell me?”
Whether it’s getting axed after a run on American Idol, or feeling the shock from a sudden low rating on a performance review, people who...
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