Giving E ective Feedback
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improve the performance of your team and those
around you. The fi rst step, however, is overcoming
your fear of giving feedback.
Overcome your fear of giving feedback
Even if in the abstract you know that giving feedback
is valuable, you might still be hesitant to do it, espe-
cially when it comes to imparting corrective feedback.
Some reasons for resistance include:
• You worry that giving feedback will make the
recipient dislike you, or that it will strain your
relationship.
• You assume that the other person cannot
handle the feedback.
• You recall or know of previous instances
when the recipient resisted feedback or didn’t
act on it.
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