Marshall Goldsmith

Providing feedback has long been considered to be an essential skill for managers. Traditionally, this information has been communicated in the form of “downward feedback” from managers to their employees. But there is a fundamental problem with this type of feedback: it focuses on a past, on what has already occurred—not on the infinite variety of opportunities that can happen in the future.  As such, feedback can be limited and static, as opposed to expansive and dynamic.

This session invites you to examine the way in which you provide—and accept—feedback by learning a technique called feedFORWARD.  By increasing the effectiveness of this important exchange, you can increase productivity and positively impact morale.

The objectives for this topic are to:

• Define and demonstrate feedFORWARD.
• Explain why feedFORWARD is more effective than feedback.

The world needs more women in positions of power and influence. We hope the ideas and perspectives in this module contribute to helping you rise higher so you can make an increasingly positive impact on your organization and our world!

While we all must work together to shift the very real external barriers that exist for women in many organizations, this module focuses on limiting behaviours that may be blocking your advancement. These are behaviours that may have worked for you earlier in your career but may now be hindering you. Men and women often face different sorts of challenges in the workplace, so it is logical that some of the problematic behaviours that act as career roadblocks may be different for men and women. We present here a number of inter-related behaviours that we have observed often work against women as they seek to advance.

Take this opportunity to share and support other women as you investigate the gifts that you already bring to your work and how you can move out of your comfort zone for greater success and fulfilment.

This topic for women invites you to:

• Explore the most common habits that we have observed hold women back.
• Identify which individual habits you personally wish to transform.
• Cultivate strategies and allies to help you rise!