Can I Offer You Some Feedback?

Feedback should be a give and take in every conversation, with relevant information that can be applied. This week on the podcast Sara brings on Goren, a Senior Director of Workforce Development, as they talk about positioning yourself to receive feedback. It’s important to prepare yourself to listen just as much as you prepare to speak. Subscribe for new episodes weekly!

This week on Business Bites, Sara shares on Tuckman's Model for Team Development which explains 5 different phases all teams move through. This process is designed to help teams perform better, while moving through each phase. Forming, storming, norming and performing helps better understand team dynamics. Subscribe today so you never miss an episode!

This week Sara brings on Sarah who’s an outdoor education consultant and frequent provider of feedback. Sarah reflects on an experience where meaningful feedback was given all the time through leadership. With everyone on board, a culture of feedback can be created both formal and informal. Share this podcast with a friend and subscribe for new episodes weekly!

This week Sara talks about Mentorship versus Sponsorship. Two ideas with similar end goals that often get used interchangeably. A mentoring relationship provides support and advice to help an individual grow over time. While a sponsorship relationship functions by someone in a position of power actively providing growth. Listen to the full episode wherever you get your podcasts!

In this new episode Sara is joined by Anna, program manager at Case Western Reserve University. She shares her change in perspective on feedback, based on her experiences. Her once immediate reaction to “bad news” turned to expanded understanding around feedback. Resulting in a flow of not only being the giver of feedback, but an open receiver. Subscribe to the podcast and never miss a new episode...

In this episode Sara shares the concept Managing Expectations, for an all new Business Bite! This is something that is crucial, rather being a manager, individual contributor or running a large unit of an organization. When thinking about managing and setting expectations, Sara talks three elements to consider. Ultimately ensuring that expectations are behavior based, clear and culturally bound. W...

In this episode, Sara is joined by Health IT Senior Project Manager, Bronwen. They discuss how feedback is a constant series of transactions. Oftentimes, emotions typically come up first before we can internalize the feedback given. The better we can control how we process and give out feedback, the more effective it will be. Subscribe to the podcast for new episodes weekly!

In this episode Sara shares a bite with us, Radical Candor. This is a newer concept developed in 2017 by Kim Scott, and is the idea of providing feedback to advance people towards growth. The primary aspects of Radical Candor are challenging directly and caring personally. The goal is to provide specific, clear and concise feedback that helps guide them along and be successful in their role.

In this episode of “Can I Offer You Some Feedback?” Sara chats with IT Executive Howard. Listen as they discuss the importance of having strong relationships in place before offering feedback. If you care about someone enough to help them improve, tailoring that feedback to the person makes it more effective. Subscribe to this podcast today so you never miss an episode!

Oftentimes organizations think about succession planning too late. Succession Planning is one of the tools we use when we think about replacing new positions and identifying the new talent in organizations. Having this organizational continuity can result in success over time. Subscribe today wherever you get your podcasts.

Host Sara brings education and non-profit leader Sarah to the podcast. They talk through the importance of giving intentional and thoughtful feedback. When an individual is provided a collaborative approach that is well timed and actionable, it goes a long way in being of service to them.

This week on the podcast Sara gives us a Business Bite, Transparency. This term is more complicated than meets the eye, but should be a business best practice. It’s a way of thinking about how information is shared within an organization. However, in reality people struggle with just how much they want to share. Ultimately transparency helps to build trust and improve team operations. Subscribe to...

This week on the podcast Sara brings on non profit leader Tiffany. Over time her response to feedback has grown from anxious to excited for the opportunity to make changes. Her approach is to learn the person before jumping to providing feedback. Once that relationship is built, it’s more comfortable to get to a place of candid conversation. Subscribe to this podcast for new episodes every week!

This week on the podcast Sara talks about a Data Dictionary. It’s one of the critical tools used when thinking about organizing information. These can be used for a broad range of reasons for example, documenting or structuring data. The strength and structure of a data dictionary leads to success in the future. Subscribe to this podcast so you never miss an episode!

This week on the podcast, Sara brings on Isaac, a public health leader focused on DEI integration. They discuss the importance of practicing how to give feedback. It’s challenging to be aware of other’s needs, demonstrate empathy, and integrate trauma-informed care into the feedback process. Subscribe to this podcast so you never miss an episode! 

Business Continuity Planning is a subset of risk management planning when thinking about how to keep business operations going. There’s a life cycle when considering all components of the business. Any organization should have in place a version of business continuity planning, thinking about how it will continue its operations in the event that something occurs. Subscribe for more episodes weekly...

In this episode of “Can I Offer You Some Feedback?” Sara talks with Operations Executive and Culture Strategist, Diana. Being a coach by nature, Diana often gives others feedback. The process of giving feedback begins with kindness and empathy. The other component of this is honesty. Lastly, feedback has to serve a purpose to elevate or help the person. Think about feedback as a way to feed forwar...

In this episode we explore Backwards Planning which was first introduced as a framework for curriculum design and education. This technique can be applied with a variety of scenarios, both professionally and personally. Estimating how long something will take can be very challenging but with practice you can determine how accurate you are, for success in the long run! Subscribe to this podcast so...

In this episode we bring on Devon, an Operations Manager at a local contract manufacturer. In his role, he often provides action oriented feedback to achieve production goals. We discuss how giving feedback should be evidence based for greatest impact. Subscribe to this podcast so you never miss an episode!

The Ishikawa diagram, also known as the fishbone diagram, is a way of working through quality to assess and critically focus on the symptoms of a multifaceted process. This particular diagram encourages us to think about six different aspects. Oftentimes, when we're exploring a problem or seeing a problem as an output, we tend to forget that there might be a multitude of variables that are feeding...

In this episode Sara talks with Gausia, a financial analysis expert and they discuss how context plays a big role in how receptive someone is when feedback is being exchanged. Without prior knowledge of having this type of conversation, it could leave someone with an instant gut reaction for negativity. If actionable feedback is built ongoing, is specific and has some context, it can become a tool...

The Eisenhower Matrix, first introduced by President Dwight Eisenhower, was a way to approach how we respond to urgency and importance. This 2x2 matrix is a tool all about prioritizing time and tasks. By segmenting things as important or not important as well as urgent and not urgent, we’re able to see what projects or tasks require our immediate focus now and which ones should be prioritized late...

Every conversation is an opportunity for action oriented feedback. Today we’re joined by T and we hear about how he links conversations and action planning for results. This way relationships are constantly trying to help each other and raise each other up. No one likes to hear negative feedback but improvement comes when meaningful feedback is given with an opportunity for action. Subscribe to th...

The Critical Path Method is a term that is directly used in project management. This framework will help to identify the items that need to happen to accomplish the goal you are trying to complete. Utilize the Critical Path Method to determine if you have realistic time and resources for your task. By knowing these things in advance, it gives the opportunity to be able to adjust. It’s key to deter...

In this episode we bring on higher education consultant Julie whose take on feedback is, “absolutely yes please!” Hear how feedback is not a bad thing, rather, it means someone is invested in you and wants to see you grow and develop.  When feedback is given in a timely nature from a space of kindness and support, it can be a great learning experience. So bring on the feedback and subscribe today...