Stephanie Allen, a strategic CEO advisor and fractional COO, reminds us about the need to ask if we can give feedback. If the other person is not ready to receive it, we’re likely wasting time and creating unnecessary conflict. She also reminds us that feedback is a gift, and sometimes it’s a gift we didn’t think we needed. Feedback loops are important; while we can’t control people, we can influence them. One key aspect to all of this is, “Don’t accept assumptions.” Leaders need to clarify and verify.

Vivian Blade is a resilience & inclusive leadership expert. She shares key concepts from her books, Resilience Ready, Influence in Talent Development, and FuelForward and discusses how we can use feedback to grow.

Glade Holman shares why the “feedback sandwich” doesn’t work and a better approach. He also discusses “Generative Feedback”, and the importance of teaching people how to receive feedback regardless of how it’s delivered. People can learn to receive feedback graciously and act on it visibly. Finally, he provides a powerful 3-step model to make great use of feedback and help others rewrite their narrative about you.

In another episode of Simply Feedback, we speak with Dr. Sacha Lindekens, a Partner with Avion Consulting, as he goes over his research with 360 feedback data and the most important factor for coachees who made the greatest improvement.

In another episode of Simply Feedback, we talk with Morgan Massie, Consultant at Avion Consulting, as she shares what highly effective coaches do across different industries, whether it be in a sports or organizational context, and other highlights from The Five Coaching Conversations, A Research-Based Model for Maximizing People’s Performance and Potential, that she co-authored with her Avion colleagues, John Gates and Steve Williams.