The Resilient Leaders Podcast with J.R. Briggs Ep 351: The 5 Areas of Feedback Every Leader Needs
Sep 9, 2026
Why do leaders so often avoid the very tool that can help them grow? This conversation explores feedback as a foundation for healthier, more effective leadership, from overcoming insecurity and hubris to building reliable feedback loops. It covers trusted voices, recurring patterns, discernment, and turning observations into meaningful behavioral change.
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Feedback Prevents Leadership Growth Ceilings
- Regular feedback enables behavioral change and leadership growth.
- Without honest, frequent input, leaders become insecure when young or prideful when experienced and eventually hit a growth ceiling.
Use Your Own Dugout Replay
- Baseball players review previous at-bats on dugout tablets to study tiny details and improve.
- Leaders need an equivalent personal feedback tool because useful input will not arrive by osmosis.
Feedback Builds Up Instead Of Tearing Down
- Feedback aims to help people improve, while critique attempts to tear them down.
- Effective feedback identifies strengths, improvement opportunities, and ways someone gets in their own way.
