TWCHG Newsletter: Vol. II, Issue. 14
No one fulfills their potential without understanding what they’re doing well and what they could be doing better. In The Waymakers book, I share how surprisingly frequent it is that employees do not receive the specific, actionable feedback they need when they need it. And how, for employees on various dimensions of difference, this critical feedback gap is more the norm than not.
For everyone, not receiving quality feedback can and does cause significant professional harm. So why do leaders continue to withhold such important information? How can leaders embrace quality feedback instead and leverage it to lead all people well, so that everyone has what’s needed to meet goals, achieve professional aspirations, and drive better business value for organizations? Consider this your invitation to do just that.
LinkedIn just launched my new course “Inclusive Feedback Skills for Managers.” In this course, we explore common feedback failures and flip them to increase the likelihood that leaders provide all people with the insight they need to succeed at work. During the course, you’ll learn to:
- Articulate the challenges and disparities in giving inclusive feedback.
- Convert criticism into constructive feedback that fosters employee growth.
- Engage in meaningful discussions about employees’ aspirations and career goals.
- Build awareness of biases in feedback and apply strategies to assess, interrupt, and redirect biased feedback based on evidence.
- Give clear, specific, and actionable feedback, distinguishing between ambiguous and constructive feedback.
This course is grounded in research and inspired by the thousands of managers The Waymakers Change Group has trained over the years. The results of the course are the innumerable careers buoyed by the inclusive feedback skills leaders acquire and learn to exhibit consistently.
Accept our invitation to lead more openly, more urgently, and more objectively by viewing feedback as the gift it is to your employees, your organization, and to you as a leader. Take our course today and start leading all people well tomorrow.
