“What would you like to be coached on tomorrow?”
I pose this question to clients 24 hours before each session.
Every client I've worked with has shared a version of the following at some point in our time together:
- “Ways to improve giving feedback”
- “There's an employee I need to talk to this week about performance"
- “I have an employee consistently not doing what they are supposed to”
In this next series of The Leader's 3-2-1 newsletter, I'm taking lessons from those coaching conversations and sharing them with you.
Learn feedback skills that hold others accountable, establish clear expectations, and coach others to optimal performance.
Clear, kind and mindful communication skills will help your teams achieve goals, dissolve drama and increase productivity.
First installment hits inboxes next Thursday, May 4th. If you're receiving this email, you're already signed up!
In the meantime, three foundational reflections to start honing your feedback skills:
- What feels most challenging about giving feedback? Is it starting the conversation? Is it knowing what to say? Is it the fear of relational disruption? Naming what makes you hesitate is a powerful strategy in taming its impact.
- What feels most challenging about receiving feedback? What fear hops in the driver's seat when feedback comes in? Naming what you wish to avoid helps you show up to the situation with more courage and resilience.
- What are you doing to build trust and connection with others? Effective feedback requires safe spaces and healthy relationships. You can deliver a message perfectly, but if trust isn't there, the news can have a rough landing.
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