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Mellody Hobson on Taking Tough Feedback

Worklife with Adam Grant

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Importance of Authentic Feedback and Reassurance

The key is to help junior or new individuals identify and address their gaps instead of just highlighting their strengths. The speaker realizes the need to balance reassurance and challenge for junior individuals, but they are not inclined towards couching, as it goes against their belief in being authentic. They do not prefer sugar-coating feedback and find it limiting, preferring people to tell them the truth as they see it.

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