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Feedback Mastery: How to Give and Receive Feedback with Confidence

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Chapter 1: Introduction The Dreaded Feedback Conversation

Ah, the dreaded feedback conversation. You know, the one – where you have to sit down with someone and tell them how they’re not measuring up. Or worse yet, when someone else is telling, you’re the one on the receiving end. It’s uncomfortable, it’s awkward, and it’s just plain stressful.

But let’s face it: feedback is a necessary evil. Without it, we can’t improve, we can’t grow, and we can’t learn. It’s like that old saying, “No pain, no gain.” Except in this case, it’s “No feedback, no progress.”

So, if we know that feedback is essential, why do we still dread it so much? Part of it has to do with our fear of judgment. We don’t want to be seen as … [ Read the rest » ] “Feedback Mastery: How to Give and Receive Feedback with Confidence”

Performance Evaluation: How big is your measuring tape?

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One of the things that generates the most problems and anecdotes has to do with the size of each measurement instrument.

You may be laughing with the subject, but in companies there are not always equal measurement standards.

Whether it is because we are human or because we have different perspectives on the different issues that permeate our daily lives, what is certain is that this situation generates many misunderstandings.

The question is:

“ Does the team knows its standards?”

Do you know how it will be measured and evaluated against the function it performs?

From our experience in Executive Coaching, a theme common to some executives I am working with personally has recently emerged.

Some of them are in companies that have been integrated in international groups, where sometimes the standards of … [ Read the rest » ] “Performance Evaluation: How big is your measuring tape?”