Feedback with Finesse: Mastering the Science of Constructive Coversations

Do you only give performance feedback once a year as a “feedback sandwich” or even avoid it all together? Are you holding back important positive and critical feedback from team members? If so, you and your team are likely underperforming. Learn science-backed ways to provide effective, constructive employee feedback so it lands well and elevates your performance and that of your team. 

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:

Many of us have a love-hate relationship with performance discussions. Feedback giving and receiving is critical to your organizational success. Today, we’l be talking with Dr. Sarah Porter on how to toss that once-a-year "feedback sandwich" away and shift the method, frequency, and framing of your feedback to embodies true leadership, transform workplace relationships, and elevate performance by a whopping 36%.

As a professor, therapist, and avid consumer of psychological research, Dr. Porter will help you give better feedback upward, downward, and peer-to-peer at work. We'll discuss how to shift your next opportunity for offering feedback from something you dread to a powerful catalyst for growth and engagement. Your team's potential is waiting to be unlocked.

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ABOUT OUR GUEST:

Dr. Sarah Porter is a consulting psychologist in Texas who is on a mission to make our workplaces happier, healthier, and – in turn – higher performing. She is a sought-after keynote speaker and workshop facilitator who translates the latest social science into strategies that improve individual and team well-being within organizations large and small, from Fortune 500 companies to scrappy startups. She is currently at work on her first book – The Musts of Trust – all about how our behaviors can foster or fracture trust with our colleagues. A Stanford alum with a PhD from UC Santa Barbara, Dr. Porter has caught the attention of national media, including Forbes, been published in peer-reviewed research journals, and received multiple accolades for her innovation and excellence in service delivery, including the ACPA Early Career Achievement Award.

With a record of accomplishment as a management consultant, college professor, and therapist, Dr. Porter brings a unique perspective to her work: she understands the business need for soft skills development and the deeply personal impact that core skill-building can have on each of our lives. As an extrovert with a dash of nerd, she enjoys weaving the head and the heart together in every talk she gives

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