13 Important Elements to Consider In Your Year-End Performance Review Process
Many of the people we work with in our workshops ask us what kind of formal performance review process would…
7 Things to Know About 1:1 Meetings that Will Make You a Better Boss
Having one-on-one meetings on a regular cadence with each of your direct reports is probably the most important thing you…
Stuck In The Feedback Loop? This Radical Candor Training Tool Will Show You The Way Out (And It’s Fun!)
What’s feedback got to do with it? If it’s running a successful business or building strong relationships, effective feedback is…
A Healthcare Organization’s 3-Point Pathway to Normalizing Feedback as an Act of Caring
This post about feedback in healthcare as an act of caring was contributed by Sue Tetzlaff, RN, RHIA, MHA, FACHE,…
Video Tip: Move Your Feedback Away from Ruinous Empathy and Do This Instead
Do you think your feedback is often Ruinously Empathetic? If so, you're not alone. In our experience, most feedback mistakes…
How to Juggle Praise and Criticism and Why You Should Avoid the Feedback Sandwich
Feedback (praise and criticism) is the atomic building block of management. To be a great boss you have to give…
Video Tip: How Often Should I Give Feedback?
How often should you be giving people feedback? Speaking a few years ago at Slack, I got a question about…
Effective Feedback Always Begins With Soliciting Feedback (AKA Listening) Before Giving It
Esther Bintliff recently interviewed me for the Financial Times about Radical Candor — feedback that is kind, clear, specific and…
Research Confirms It — People Actually Do Want Feedback, But How You Give It Matters
While the thought of giving or getting feedback might conjure up dread, or as one friend said to me when…
Don’t Save It Up — Give Immediate Feedback Because Feedback Has a Short Half Life
Radically Candid praise and criticism is immediate. You'll remember the specifics much better when you point something out right away,…