The Career Rx Podcast for Doctors

#122 - Four Step Formula for Giving Difficult Feedback

December 05, 2023 Marjorie Stiegler MD Episode 122
The Career Rx Podcast for Doctors
#122 - Four Step Formula for Giving Difficult Feedback
Show Notes

How can organizations encourage open and constructive feedback between employees and managers? Are end-of-year reviews something you dread giving and getting? 
Listen to this episode for an anxiety reducing way to address giving difficult feedback.


In this episode of The Career Rx we’ll discuss:

  • ways of delivering constructive feedback
  • navigating the pitfalls of traditional approaches
  • Recommendations on follow-up and documentation 

Today we are taking a look at a four-step feedback formula that focuses on empathy, acknowledging the difficulty of the feedback, providing facts and data, and delivering a clear action plan for improvement.


In this Episode: 

[2:15] Ready for the super secret magic formula?
[5:00] Facts are friends, not futile
[9:30] Follow-up plan = an effective communication strategy


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