Why Is Negative Feedback So Hard? - Part 1

An episode of the Manager Tools podcast, hosted by mauzenne, titled "Why Is Negative Feedback So Hard? - Part 1" was published on February 17, 2025.

February 17, 2025 · Manager Tools

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Lots of managers - hundreds of thousand, and perhaps millions by now - start doing Manager Tools One On Ones, and they love them. They love them because they work, and they’re not as hard as the manager thought they would be. And very few managers who do Manager Tools One On Ones never stop. But feedback is a different story. We would guess that around half of Manager Tools managers don't ever fully implement feedback so that it's second nature in a way that their directs know this is how their boss will talk to them about their performance. Why is it so hard?

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Lots of managers - hundreds of thousand, and perhaps millions by now - start doing Manager Tools One On Ones, and they love them. They love them because they work, and they’re not as hard as the manager thought they would be. And very few managers who do Manager Tools One On Ones never stop. But feedback is a different story. We would guess that around half of Manager Tools managers don’t ever fully implement feedback so that it’s second nature in a way that their directs know this is how their boss will talk to them about their performance. Why is it so hard?

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