Tag: Feedback

Esther Bintliff recently interviewed me for the Financial Times about Radical Candor — feedback that is kind, clear, specific and sincere — and some folks have asked me what I think about Avraham Kluger’s research, which Bintliff also referenced in the article. ...

Giving feedback to your manager can be tricky. What if they don’t like what you say? What if they take it the wrong way? What if they turn against you? People refuse to give candid feedback to their managers because they don’t want to put their jobs at risk. This prevents ...

To answer this question, it’s important to know that every situation is different. Every company is different. Every individual is different. What’s not different is how long you should wait to deliver feedback, especially if it’s critical and difficult. Give the feedb...

Hierarchies solve a lot of problems. But when it’s based on competency or merit, it creates a mental bug. A promotion becomes validation. “They wouldn’t promote you if they didn’t think you were capable” your spouse might whisper across your anxiety-sweat-dre...

Esther Bintliff recently interviewed me for the Financial Times about Radical Candor — feedback that is kind, clear, specific and sincere — and some folks have asked me what I think about Avraham Kluger’s research, which Bintliff also referenced in the article. ...

Giving feedback to your manager can be tricky. What if they don’t like what you say? What if they take it the wrong way? What if they turn against you? People refuse to give candid feedback to their managers because they don’t want to put their jobs at risk. This prevents ...

To answer this question, it’s important to know that every situation is different. Every company is different. Every individual is different. What’s not different is how long you should wait to deliver feedback, especially if it’s critical and difficult. Give the feedb...

The emergence of Web 3.0 technologies has brought forth a new era of empowerment and innovation, revolutionizing various aspects of our digital lives. Among the domains experiencing significant transformation, performance management and feedback systems stand out as key beneficiaries. ENHANCING P...

A few years ago, a CEO told me how she was struggling to get honest feedback from her board. No one seemed willing to be critical or give her pointers on things she could improve. After every board meeting, she would turn to them and ask directly: “What feedback does anyone have for me...

Before we get too deep into this, let’s just say this up top: a big reason for return to office (RTO) isn’t “increased productivity,” because in reality productivity has been declining for literal decades at this point: Our long-running, drastic reduction in prod...

Hierarchies solve a lot of problems. But when it’s based on competency or merit, it creates a mental bug. A promotion becomes validation. “They wouldn’t promote you if they didn’t think you were capable” your spouse might whisper across your anxiety-sweat-dre...

Giving feedback to your manager can be tricky. What if they don’t like what you say? What if they take it the wrong way? What if they turn against you? People refuse to give candid feedback to their managers because they don’t want to put their jobs at risk. This prevents ...

To answer this question, it’s important to know that every situation is different. Every company is different. Every individual is different. What’s not different is how long you should wait to deliver feedback, especially if it’s critical and difficult. Give the feedb...

You have a colossal opportunity to stand out by giving feedback the right way. Why? Because most managers suck at giving feedback. It’s too infrequent and not actionable enough. Your colleagues are craving insight into what they’re doing well and how they can improve. It’s hu...

Time and time again the topic of how to offer useful feedback comes up. I had previously written about how one might solicit such feedback, but today I want to write about what it means to be respectful and constructive, as well as provide some tools helping with providing better feedback to others....

Providing feedback after a meeting is a crucial element of effective communication within teams. When done well, it fosters growth and collaboration — this is a muscle that needs development over time. However, not all feedback is created equal. Let’s explore some examples of c...

Even if a candidate didn’t make it, there is still an incredible value for HR specialists to provide detailed, constructive value. This article explains why and gives practical advice on how to do it. Everyone is trying to improve themselves, and when someone gets the chance to land a job i...

As data teams scale up on the cloud, data platform teams need to ensure the workloads they are responsible for are meeting business objectives, our main mission here at Sync. At scale with dozens of data engineers building hundreds of production jobs, controlling their performance at scale is u...

Boost Your Language Confidence: Unleash the Power of Language Partners and Expert Teachers for a Fluent Journey! Photo by Surface on Unsplash Around this time last year, I embarked on a transformative journey to enhance my language skills using Preply. Over the past twelve m...