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workplace culture
Two newspapers labeled "Good News" and "Bad News" illustrating how the order of positive and negative feedback influences leadership communication and employee behavior.

The Feedback Sandwich Is Broken: What Leaders Should Do Instead

I was sitting in church this weekend when my pastor asked a question that stopped me mid-note-taking. “When you’re about to get good news and bad news,” he said, “which do you want first?” He asked the congregation to raise their hands. Overwhelmingly, people wanted the bad news first. Then he made a claim that...
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A confident leader communicating clearly with a diverse team to improve workplace culture

From Passive to Proactive: How Clear Leadership Communication Improves Workplace Culture

During a recent coaching session with a C-suite executive, the conversation started where many do, on surface-level updates. We talked about deadlines, projects, and personnel shifts. Underneath the calendar invites and tax return timelines, something deeper was brewing – cultural friction, unclear communication, and the quiet tolerance of behavior that was beginning to rot the...
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