I kept nodding through this piece, especially at the line, "burnout thrives in silent spaces."
I've seen too many brilliant teams drift into disconnection simply because feedback became rare, formal, or filtered through too many layers. You nailed the paradox: so many leaders say they want feedback, but they don’t build the habits or signals that make it safe to give.
Thank you both for writing something so actionable, human, and deeply needed.
Thank you for this! I find that sometimes the hardest part is that we’re all human and it’s genuinely hard to make room for feedback. So we might say something that’s not ideal - like ‘I’m open to feedback’ - because we don’t have enough mental space to take the better road.
This is absolutely true, too. We’re navigating a lot at any given time… both inside and outside of work. It can indeed be difficult to make the space for feedback. I think, if we can make it a habit that’s as typical as, let’s say, taking a walk, then it gets easier.
I’m so glad, @Colette Molteni! We definitely wanted something that was all of those things… actionable, human, and deeply needed. Feedback’s just one of those things that can really resolve a lot of problems, at multiple levels.
I kept nodding through this piece, especially at the line, "burnout thrives in silent spaces."
I've seen too many brilliant teams drift into disconnection simply because feedback became rare, formal, or filtered through too many layers. You nailed the paradox: so many leaders say they want feedback, but they don’t build the habits or signals that make it safe to give.
Thank you both for writing something so actionable, human, and deeply needed.
Thank you for this! I find that sometimes the hardest part is that we’re all human and it’s genuinely hard to make room for feedback. So we might say something that’s not ideal - like ‘I’m open to feedback’ - because we don’t have enough mental space to take the better road.
This is absolutely true, too. We’re navigating a lot at any given time… both inside and outside of work. It can indeed be difficult to make the space for feedback. I think, if we can make it a habit that’s as typical as, let’s say, taking a walk, then it gets easier.
I’m so glad, @Colette Molteni! We definitely wanted something that was all of those things… actionable, human, and deeply needed. Feedback’s just one of those things that can really resolve a lot of problems, at multiple levels.