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68. Failure Files: The Feedback (How I Got Feedback Wrong as a New Leader)
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68. Failure Files: The Feedback (How I Got Feedback Wrong as a New Leader)
Apr 28, 2026
No one teaches you how to give feedback—you’re just expected to know how to do it. In this Failure Files episode, I share a leadership moment I got completely wrong, what I learned, and how to approach difficult conversations better.
In this episode, I talk about:
- What went wrong in a feedback conversation
- The pressure new leaders feel to perform and prove themselves
- Why avoiding difficult conversations makes things worse
- The difference between something being wrong vs. just different
- What I wish I had done differently when giving feedback
- A simple question that has changed how I lead today
This is one of the most common leadership challenges out there:
You know something needs to be said… but you don’t know how to say it.
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