The Feedback Sandwich is a common model for giving feedback to others, and unfortunately an often ineffective one.

Check out this video to find out why this approach could be undermining your efforts and learn tips for structuring your feedback so that it is positively received and actually used!

Make your feedback honest, meaningful, and balanced, but not necessarily as a sandwich. @KevinEikenberry  (Click to Tweet It!)

For even more resources to help accelerate your growth as a leader, including how to ensure your feedback is actually used, check out the Bud to Boss workshop here.

And now I’d love to hear from you…

What feedback technique or strategy do you use and find the most successful? Leave a comment below and until next time, remember…

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Kevin Eikenberry is a recognized world expert on leadership development and learning and is the Chief Potential Officer of The Kevin Eikenberry Group. He has spent over 30 years helping organizations across North America, and leaders from around the world, on leadership, learning, teams and teamwork, communication and more.

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  1. Kevin,
    Great video. My daughter commented about this approach when she was in about the 8th grade. “Why do teachers think I can’t don’t feedback for improvement, I know what’s coming after the “your doing well at…” part, get to the point.” Here is a link from an HBR article by Roger Schwartz, author of The Skilled Facilitator). on the same topic. The article gives a nice example of two approaches to giving feedback.
    http://blogs.hbr.org/2013/04/the-sandwich-approach-undermin/
    Best regards,
    Chris

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