Delivering Feedback
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Delivering Feedback
There's a great quote that Nick Saban said. He said that average players want to be left alone. Good players want to be coached, and great players want to be told the truth. Michael had a giant ego and a giant drive, but he would run up to the coach and tell me what I need to get better at.
Patrick O'Shaughnessy • Passion & Pain
Most people suck at giving feedback.
Here’s a framework for feedback that creates behavior change:
The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
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Being nice is all about making the other person feel good. Being kind is about providing them with what they actually need. Nice is about feelings. Kindness is about concrete help. And if you want to do great work together, you should aim to be kind rather than nice.
Instead of telling people what I think of a proposal, a product, a feature, whatever, I ask them instead what they think. Were they thrilled with it? Absolutely love it? Most of the time I would hear, “It's okay,” or “It's not bad.” They would surmise from my facial expression that this wasn't the answer I was looking for. Come back when you are bu... See more
Frank Slootman • Amp It Up: Leading for Hypergrowth by Raising Expectations, Increasing Urgency, and Elevating Intensity
#Hamilten #Hamiltuesday Stephen Sondheim would have been 95 years old this Saturday. He was our art form’s greatest writer and our greatest encourager. When we first met in 2009, he told me to keep him updated on my progress with Hamilton, and I did, via dozens of emails and drinks at his townhouse over the years. Above is just one exchange from 2014, after sending him the first draft of Act 2. “Variety, variety, variety.” The last image is his email from opening night of Hamilton at @publictheaterny. I treasure it and I miss him very much.
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“People listen better if they feel that you have understood them. They tend to think that those who understand them are intelligent and sympathetic people whose own opinions may be worth listening to. So if you want the other side to appreciate your interests, begin by demonstrating that you appreciate theirs.”
― Roger Fisher, Getting to Yes: Negot
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