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#123 How to Give Difficult Feedback to Your Boss

August 06, 2024 • Marjorie Stiegler MD • Episode 123

What strategies can be used to navigate a potentially difficult feedback conversation with your boss? How can you effectively communicate without risking your relationship or your job?

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

Establish a foundation that will support challenging conversations
Focusing on facts, data, and the impact on business deliverables
How to make a specific request for change and propose a follow-up

This podcast episode focuses on adapting a four-step feedback formula and expresses the importance of effective feedback delivery, even when the recipient is a colleague or superior.

By following this adjusted formula, listeners can approach challenging feedback conversations with confidence and increase the likelihood of positive outcomes.

In this Episode:

[4:52] How to get permission to say the hard stuff to your boss
[8:10] Include your feelings, but emphasize impact on the work
[10:13] How to end the conversation, and how to follow up with accountability

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Episode #122 - Four Step Formula for Giving Difficult Feedback

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