Tag: feedback

Forget the sh!t sandwich – hand out Praise Cake instead

They say feedback is a gift. They also say gift vouchers are particularly thoughtful…

Last-minute Christmas shopping jibes aside, high-quality feedback is truly one of the greatest gifts we can give (and receive) throughout our professional careers.

Meaningful, timely, and structured feedback can offer incredible opportunities to grow and improve. Many of us, however, have experienced the process as an exercise in de-constructing, used only to shine a spotlight on our failings.

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You spin me right round…..

It’s certainly been longer than I’d hoped since last posting. Almost 10 months in fact.

It’s just been, well, different this year.

Not because of COVID I might add, although it does appear to be the go-to excuse for almost every instance of sub-optimal performance in 2020.

The reason was I’d stalled in my leadership journey. I can’t put my finger on why, or even when I fell off the path, or what’s now driven me to try and get back on it, but here we are nevertheless and I’m glad to be back.

An early draft of this post started as a book review. A review of an exceptional book, John C. Maxwell’s The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership. The draft quickly took a different turn however, and morphed into a post about feedback and effectiveness, and upon reflection is likely the spark which reignited the flame. There may well be a book review in the future, but for now it’s about being spun right around. Like a record I guess…

And it’s all because of the Law of the Lid.

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