One of the most significant responsibilities of leaders is to build an organizational culture where the truth can be told. If leaders only want good news and they always shoot the messenger then no one will feel comfortable enough to take the risk of candid feedback. Eric Geiger offers some helpful tips:
Under the guise of “being nice,” many leaders fail to offer feedback to those they lead. Instead, they often ignore or work around the deficiency. Because feedback is an essential ingredient in development, teams and individuals suffer when leaders fail to provide it. So how do you, as a leader, develop a culture of feedback in the team that you lead? Here are six ways to increase the value of feedback among those you are leading: