Episode 107: 10 Attitudes About Feedback

Published: April 12, 2023

Details

Occasionally, people read articles about the best approaches to giving and receiving feedback and may think, “That all sounds great, but what do the most effective leaders actually do?”

To answer that question, we combined a self-assessment measuring feedback preference with 360-degree evaluations of leaders to discover the common attitudes of the best leaders about feedback.

In this episode, we invite you to challenge your biases and attitude about feedback and see what you can change to be more effective.

Key Learnings

Corrective feedback is helpful, but the most effective leaders focused on the positive.
Many people assume that the best leaders are those who are willing to provide others with negative or corrective feedback. Our research clearly shows however, that the most effective leaders are those who give much more positive feedback than negative feedback.
There is no such thing as “too much praise.”
The most effective leaders gave others an abundance of praise and recognition. Some leaders mistakenly worry that too much praise and recognition can be a bad thing. On the contrary, providing others with compliments is a wonderful habit to develop.
While the best leaders focused on the positive behaviors of others, they were open to and willing to receive negative feedback themselves.
We found that leaders who only wanted to be given positive feedback were much less effective. Being open to advise and feedback from others helps leaders to become more effective.

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