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Giving Feedback to Your Manager With Clarity and Confidence
Giving feedback to your manager can feel awkward. Power dynamics are real, and when trust is still building, it is easy to second-guess yourself or stay quiet. But healthy working relationships require open dialogue in both directions. Upward feedback is not disrespectful. It is often necessary.
In this installment of the Transform Your Workplace video series, we focus on how to give your manager feedback in a calm, clear, and collaborative way. The microlearning video embedded below walks through a simple approach to help you prepare and speak up effectively.
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