Coaching practices for The Feedback Sandwich Why it Doesn T Work and What to Do Instead Under Stress

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• I keep wrapping my criticism in compliments the way I was taught to, and it just isn’t working
• 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
• I blurt out corrections in the heat of the moment, often right in front of other people, and instead of taking it in they just get humiliated and dig in
• Every time I raise an issue with someone they get defensive and we end up arguing about whether they’re a good person instead of fixing the actual problem
• When I just hand someone my assessment they go passive and defensive, like I’m doing something to them

Practices that may help

1. The Feedback Sandwich: Why It Doesn’t Work and What to Do Instead
   The feedback sandwich (positive–negative–positive) is the dominant model for giving feedback in workplaces, but research and practitioner experience suggest it routinely fails: recipients either remember only the positive parts or dismiss the negative as softened insincerity. The practices below cover why it fails mechanistically and what specific alternatives are better supported.
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. Make feedback specific and behavioral, not evaluative
   Describe what you observed, not what it says about the person.
   The Feedback Sandwich: Why It Doesn’t Work and What to Do Instead
6. Ask what the person already knows before offering your assessment
   Ask the person to evaluate their own performance before giving yours.
   The Feedback Sandwich: Why It Doesn’t Work and What to Do Instead
7. Map your stress response (conceptualization phase)
   Before you train coping, understand the full sequence: trigger → appraisal → body → behavior → consequence.
   Stress Inoculation Training
8. Practice the "see it, own it, use it" reappraisal
   Crum’s framework: notice the stress (see it), acknowledge why it matters (own it), and channel it (use it).
   The Stress-Is-Enhancing Mindset
9. Debrief after each stressful encounter
   Within 24 hours of a challenging event, review what you did, what worked, and what you will adjust.
   Stress Inoculation Training
10. Feedback: extract the signal, ignore the noise
    Seek feedback fast, but use the part that actually tells you how to improve.
    Ultralearning: Aggressive, Self-Directed Learning

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