Coaching practices for Credible Feedback

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• My feedback conversations end with the person nodding and saying "yeah, makes sense, got it"
• No matter how carefully I word it, my feedback seems to land as me sitting in judgment over them from above
• I deliver my feedback as a finished verdict and then the other person just sits there closed off
• When someone does something genuinely great I just toss off a "nice work" and move on, and it barely registers
• I tend to bite my tongue in the moment and save things up for the formal review, and then I dump weeks of accumulated issues on someone all at once

Practices that may help

1. Close feedback by checking understanding, not agreement
   Ask "What did you take from that?" rather than "Do you agree?"
   The Feedback Sandwich: Why It Doesn’t Work and What to Do Instead
2. Establish shared purpose before delivering critique
   Frame critique as help toward a shared goal, not an evaluation from above.
   The Feedback Sandwich: Why It Doesn’t Work and What to Do Instead
3. Invite a response after delivering SBI
   Close SBI by asking what the other person makes of it — not with a verdict.
   The SBI Feedback Model, Made Practical
4. Use SBI for positive feedback, not just correction
   Name the situation, behavior, and impact when someone does something right.
   The SBI Feedback Model, Made Practical
5. Give feedback in the moment, not stockpiled for reviews
   Feedback accumulated for a periodic review arrives late and in bulk — neither helps.
   The Feedback Sandwich: Why It Doesn’t Work and What to Do Instead
6. Use specific verbal affirmation from credible sources
   Seek out specific, skill-referenced feedback from people who have seen you perform — not generic encouragement.
   Mastery Experiences
7. Make feedback flow in both directions
   Give timely, specific feedback — and ask for it on your own management.
   Effective One-on-Ones, Made Practical
8. Seek developmental feedback, not just performance feedback
   Ask for feedback that challenges your assumptions about how you see, not just how you perform.
   Kegan’s Subject-Object Theory, Made Practical
9. Choose the right moment and setting for feedback
   Feedback lands in proportion to how safe and ready the receiver feels — timing and privacy matter.
   The SBI Feedback Model, Made Practical
10. Understand why the sandwich fails before replacing it
    The sandwich fails because it sends three conflicting signals at once.
    The Feedback Sandwich: Why It Doesn’t Work and What to Do Instead

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