Dear Dan,
I have a new manager that has been with our department for a little over a year now and she never gives direct feedback. She told me that I’m doing an excellent job. I’m looking for more than that.
Any suggestions?
Feedback is often code for criticism.
Feedback focuses the past. You see what you did. Advice is about the future. You see what you could do.
Years ago, I received feedback that I still use today.
Everyone who pursues excellence craves feedback.
The wrong question makes you look slow witted. Insightful questions ignite engagement.
Excellence is learned. You might be a little smarter or more talented than some, but excellence always begins in your head.
The engine of excellence is inside you.
Excellence is process driven.
This post is based on my conversation with Eric Potterat, PhD, auther of Learned Excellence
Change is hard because we make it hard.
Change your life by rejecting things that make change hard.
Impatience makes change frustrating.
Change your words. Change your life.
Change a routine. Change your life.
Change your friends. Change your life.
One leader said, “I realized my supervisors weren’t supervising because I was doing it for them.
Don’t handicap people.
Be the reason people step up.
