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Never the Sandwich

Lead Change Blog

Never, ever give feedback using the sandwich technique! When you order a sandwich, is it about the two slices of bread or what’s on the sandwich? The sandwich technique for feedback is a way to package something unpleasant: First start with something positive, then the criticism and round off with something positive.

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How Leaders Can Master Tough Performance Conversations

Let's Grow Leaders

Most managers, however, never learn how to have tough conversations in […]. Most managers, however, never learn how to have tough conversations in a way that gets results and builds a better relationship. Master tough conversations and your influence will soar. Master tough conversations and your influence will soar.

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How to Avoid Delivering the Dreaded Feedback Sandwich

Next Level Blog

The technical term for what you got is the feedback sandwich. Delivering feedback sandwiches that start with a lot of happy talk, sneak in a little bit of constructive criticism and then end with more happy talk doesn’t do anyone any good. Here’s some of my best advice on how to avoid delivering the dreaded feedback sandwich.

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How to Give Your Boss Bad News: Avoid This Mistake and What to Do Instead

Let's Grow Leaders

We’re passionate about avoiding sandwich feedback, having real conversations that matter, and delivering bad news well. You’ve got to give your boss bad news. But the timing isn’t great–for you or for them. The restructure. The uncertainty. The promotion that’s right around the corner. You take a stinky diaper.

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The Blight of Soul-Crushing Useless Negative Feedback

Let's Grow Leaders

Meaningless platitudes followed by a vague assertion that something you’ve never heard about should have been better – this kind of feedback is worse than nothing at all. Some managers hang in the land of “great work, love what you’re doing” and never address real performance concerns or tell their people how they can grow.

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The 7 Deadly Sins of Skip Level Meetings

Let's Grow Leaders

A little MBWA (management by walking around) never hurt anyone. You’re sandwiching this skip level in-between really important calls with C-level execs, vital customers, your boss… Go minimalist here. Sticking To Your Agenda The real magic of skip-level meetings is never planned. Why the intrigue? Get their names.

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No One Wants To Eat Your Compliment Sandwich

LDRLB

Have you ever eaten a compliment sandwich? Sandwiching a piece of negative feedback between two pieces of unrelated positive feedback—between two compliments. Somewhere, in some corporate training manual or some class on business communications, this idea of the compliment sandwich was created. It just leaves them confused.