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Leadership accountabilty: Provide feedback

Leadership accountabilty: Provide feedback

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Leadership accountabilty: Provide feedback

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- One of my worst experiences was working for a leader who got her thrills from criticizing, devaluing, and making people feel small. She was inconsistent in sharing feedback and rarely had anything positive to say. It was always difficult to know where you stood with her, yet she would hold you accountable for results and outcomes. Needless to say everyone was miserable under her leadership. Eventually, I moved on. Ever worked for this kind of leader? It certainly taught me what not to do. But thank goodness for the last leader whom I had the pleasure of working with for six years. And he was my best boss ever. Contrary to the bad leader, he taught me how to provide feedback effectively. And here's what I learned. He created a very positive work environment. I never felt berated or marginalized with him, even when things didn't go well. In fact, he didn't even like to use the word criticism because it had a negative…

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