Mastering the Art of Receiving Feedback: Triggers, Reactions, and Strategies for Positive Leadership
About this episode
This episode explores the challenges leaders face in receiving feedback and offers strategies for improvement.
What stops talented leaders from truly hearing honest feedback? This episode tackles that question head-on, drawing from both leading research and lived experience. While most articles, books, and workshops focus on how to give feedback, this discussion targets how to receive it. I explore why so many feedback conversations break down and how leaders can do better. Core themes include the impact of our gut reactions to critical feedback, how quickly we discount advice based on source or style, and why challenges to our identity produce the fiercest resistance. Listeners will be guided through practical, evidence-informed strategies to become better feedback recipients, creating environments where candid conversations thrive. This episode offers a refreshing, evidence-based approach for anyone committed to their own growth and eager to lead with greater effectiveness and humility. What You’ll Learn - The roots of our genuine hesitation surrounding feedback conversations. - How our reactions can prevent or derail future feedback. - Although not all feedback will be delivered perfectly, you can still find value. - Don’t let your relationship with the feedback-giver cloud your…
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