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Your Cheat Sheet for Giving Hard Feedback Without Demotivating Your Team Members

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Paying subscribers now have access to a new guide – How to Tailor Feedback to Each Personality Type – your go-to reference for giving feedback that works for every type on your team. Scroll to the bottom of this article to download your copy now.

What if your feedback isn’t landing the way you think it is?

Think about your last few one-on-one conversations where you had to deliver something constructive. Maybe you were direct and efficient – got straight to the point, laid out what needed to change. Or maybe you softened things, padded the message with reassurance so it wouldn’t sting.

Either way, there’s a decent chance at least one person on your team walked away from that conversation feeling deflated, confused, or quietly frustrated – and you might not even know it.

The same piece of constructive criticism can feel like a gift to one team member and a gut punch to another.

And personality plays a big role in how feedback is received.

Today, I’m excited to share something special with our paying subscribers: How to Tailor Feedback to Each Personality Type – your pocket cheat sheet for giving constructive feedback that resonates with every person on your team.

This guide covers all 16 personality types and gives you two practical lists for each one:

• Say This – specific phrases and approaches that land well with that type

• Avoid This – the common missteps that cause people to disengage, shut down, or spiral

(Not sure what personality types are on your team? Our Personality Type Identification Guide can help you figure that out – it’s available to paid subscribers too.)

Whether you’re managing someone who needs data and logic before they’ll hear you out, someone who needs to feel emotionally safe before they can take anything in, or someone who just wants you to cut to the chase – this guide gives you a clear, practical approach for each one.

It’s also a pretty good mirror. You might notice your own type in there and realize why certain kinds of feedback have always rubbed you the wrong way.

Simply download it, save it to your phone or print it out, and you’ll have a handy reference for delivering hard feedback without demotivating your team members.

And this is just the warm-up.

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If you’ve ever walked into (or out of) a one-on-one meeting thinking, “Well, that was kind of pointless,” this series is for you. And this guide on How to Tailor Feedback to Each Personality Type will give you a head start for this series.

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