John Wooden’s feedback lessons

How to give feedback is a pretty big business topic that we don’t often seem to discuss. Hell, so is feedback in general. I’m a pretty big fan of the whole idea of ‘feedback’ and ‘giving feedback’ and feel like the concept should be a business advantage to most people, but unfortunately it’s not — and here’s the visual to help you understand that.

Here’s the actual problem: a lot of managers don’t actually like talking to their employees — it feels awkward or uncomfortable for them. That makes sense largely because of how we’ve come to approach management — namely the whole deal where you absolutely, positively cannot be friends with people who work for you. (That’s actually just 1 of about 12 different types of horrible bosses you can have, FYI.)

What if you reduce the awkwardness and make the process of how to give feedback a little bit easier to handle? Maybe you can.

How to give feedback: The John Wooden study

John Wooden was a pretty successful guy at the job he chose. He won nine NCAA Titles, and his teams won 88 games in a row at one point. Well, in the late 1970s two psychologists studied him in an effort to…