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Jeff Berlin provides organizational development consulting services to individuals, teams, organizations, and communities. He shares how to weigh the risks and benefits of sharing feedback, and how to create a safe working environment to share feedback where the benefits will outweigh the risks.

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Feedback from the Paralympics

David BlairSeason 2Episode 13
David Blair

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David Blair is a Paralympic athlete. He is a gold medal winner, took the gold medal in the discus throw at the Paralympic Games in 2016 in Brazil, and took fourth place at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo in the summer of 2021. In this unique episode, Blair discusses feedback not in the context of the corporate world, but of the athletic world. He shares his story and how important feedback was in his journey to break a Paralympic record.

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Feedback and the Dignity of Choice

Grace HaoSeason 2Episode 12
Grace Hao

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Grace Hao is a certified business coach with the Worldwide Association of Business Coaches and co-author of three best-selling books. She has a private practice, coachwithgrace.com. She shares her wisdom about the art and gift of feedback, and ways to effectively give and receive it.

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Believe in Yourself

Marisa ValdezSeason 2Episode 10
Marisa Valdez

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Marisa Valdez shares how she learned to “believe in yourself” along her path from school teacher to Learning & Development Manager at BuzzFeed and what companies can do to help build a feedback culture.

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The Value of Sharing Your Feedback Results

Nancy KnowlesSeason 2Episode 9
Nancy Knowles

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Nancy Knowles is Principal and Owner of Knowles Consulting Partners. She partners with clients and other consulting associates to deliver executive coaching, team and organization effectiveness solutions. Nancy draws upon over 25 years of global industry experience in human resources, executive staff, and consulting roles working with senior leaders to enhance individual and organizational performance. […]

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Diplomatic Feedback

Quentin HeimSeason 2Episode 8
Quentin Heim

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Quentin Heim, a former chief of staff to the British Ambassador in Washington and chief of staff to the Chairman and CEO of Pfizer, joins us on Simply Feedback to share how his diplomatic background informs his approach in his consulting and coaching.

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Let Go and Lead

Renee PollinsSeason 2Episode 7
Renee Pollins

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In this episode of Simply Feedback, we chat with Renee Pollins, Executive Coach, Strategy and Culture Consultant at Renee Pollins Consulting, about her transition from language arts teacher to an executive coach, as well as the importance of clear and actionable feedback in her life and work.

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What Did You Hear from Your Feedback?

Dr. Sacha LindekensSeason 2Episode 6
Dr. Sacha Lindekens

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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.

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What the MBTI Reveals about Lawyers

Dr. Larry RichardSeason 2Episode 5
Dr. Larry Richard

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Widely known as an expert on the lawyer personality, Dr. Larry Richard (Founder and Principal Consultant of LawyerBrain LLC) gathered personality data on thousands of lawyers. On Simply Feedback, we speak with Dr. Richard about his findings on what makes lawyers tick, how they differ from the general population and how he helps leading law firms tackle their most important people issues.

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