Episode 107: 10 Attitudes About Feedback From The Most Effective Leaders

Key Learnings

• Corrective feedback is helpful, but the most effective leaders focused on the positive.
• Many people assume that the best leaders are those who are willing to provide others with negative or corrective feedback. Our research clearly shows however, that the most effective leaders are those who give much more positive feedback than negative feedback.
• There is no such thing as “too much praise.”
• The most effective leaders gave others an abundance of praise and recognition. Some leaders mistakenly worry that too much praise and recognition can be a bad thing. On the contrary, providing others with compliments is a wonderful habit to develop.
• While the best leaders focused on the positive behaviors of others, they were open to and willing to receive negative feedback themselves.
• We found that leaders who only wanted to be given positive feedback were much less effective. Being open to advise and feedback from others helps leaders to become more effective.

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