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Adam Grant & the Feedback Sandwich

You may have heard of the feedback sandwich approach, also commonly referred to as a very unpleasant type of sandwich. Basically, it involves offering feedback in the following format: start with ‘positive’ feedback, offer the ‘negative’ feedback, then finish with ‘positive’ feedback.Read more...

Finding the joy in Feedback

In my last blog, I shared how surprised I was that the two teams I worked with both stated they wanted to feel more joyful at work.  It got me thinking about how Leaders can use feedback to facilitate more joy through their feedback conversations.Read more...

How does your team want to feel?

A few weeks ago, I delivered two ‘Team Re-Connect’ Workshops for two very different teams.Read more...

Are you Circling Back in your feedback Conversations?

Brene Brown uses the term ‘Circling Back’ to describe revisiting a feedback conversation after she has had time to think about the feedback offered to her.Read more...

Going Upstream

I’ve been fascinated by Dan Heath’s book, ‘Upstream’. Basically, it’s about the power of foreseeing a problem at the source, so you can reduce the likelihood of it occurring.Read more...

Free yourself from Feedback Fears

I was delivering a Feedback Fitness workshop last month and we were talking about where we were on the Feedback Receiving ladder.Read more...

Some resources for you

New book is underway!Read more...

How to keep the feedback conversation going (even if it was not implemented)

Think of Feedback as a conversation, rather than an eventRead more...

Antifragility & Feedback

What is Antifragility? The term antifragility was made popular by Nassim Nicholas Taleb in his book ‘Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder’.Read more...

How appreciated does your team feel?

A few weeks ago I delivered the Feedback Fitness workshop to a group of Leaders.Read more...

Make friends with Feedback

A few weeks ago, I delivered the Feedback Fitness workshop to a group of Leaders.Read more...

Are feedback skills like fine wine – they get better with age?

The Baby Boomers (born between 1946 and 1964)Read more...

It’s hard to be open to feedback if you already know.

The term ‘Situational Humility’ was developed by Harvard Professor Amy Edmondson, a world-renowned expert in psychological safety.Read more...

A Feedback Snapshot of Gen Z

There are currently almost 5 million ‘Generation Zs’ in Australia, comprising 19% of the national population. They were born roughly between 1995 and 2009 and are aged about 18-25. You might be one, work with one, or lead one.Read more...

Are Millenials Mastering Feedback?

The Millennials, aged about 26-41 (there are different definitions of the ‘Generations’), currently comprise the largest segment of the workforce.Read more...

Eight Questions for leaders to ask before Annual Performance Reviews

If you are using the simple Feedback Fitness Framework, these eight questions are the most powerful to use in the Warm Up phase.Read more...

Feedback Snapshot: Gen X

According to a 2021 report by Deloitte, Gen X makes up 37% of the Australian workforce. Gen X, born between 1965 and 1980, is an essential generation in the workforce with a wealth of knowledge and experience.Read more...

Getting clear on fluffy feedback

American researcher Brene Brown is pretty clear about feedback.Read more...