You Know, This Is Not My Day Job, but I Don't Have a Ton of Bandwidth Right Now.

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Ellen: "I think part of the problem in my head, and I think this happens with black women, is that just keep giving it to me. And I'm going to try to make everything work" Jasmine: "There's a way to say, oh, you know, I'm really focused on the programs. That's not a priority for me right now, but it's something we'll consider for the future" Ellen: "You both have done such a wonderful job of poking holes in what our definition of feedback is."

What do you do when no one will give you actionable and useful feedback? That’s the situation our guest, an aerospace engineer, has been in for years. And while she’s managed to move up within her company, she feels like she’s missing out on information that would clarify her standing there and secure her future success.

Ella Bell, an expert on interpersonal communication and organizational behavior, shares creative ways to draw out people’s perceptions of your performance and potential. She also offers advice on how to make sense of the feedback you do receive. It can be especially tricky if you don’t agree with what someone says or if their comments don’t align with your priorities. We talk through both scenarios and give suggestions for how to respond.

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Ella Bell is a professor at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth

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