Help People See What They Can Change
You prepare your feedback carefully, but the conversation still turns defensive. Or someone agrees with everything you say, then nothing changes. How feedback is experienced can be very different from what you intended.
This Skill Session explores how emotional intelligence helps you turn feedback into a conversation that supports learning. Learn to check your assumptions, make room for another perspective, and guide people toward a next step they own.
What You’ll Explore
Prepare Yourself First
Check your feelings, assumptions, intentions, and desired outcome. Separate what you observed from the story you have formed.
Build Trust and Psychological Safety
Show genuine care for the person’s growth. Make room for honest disagreement while staying clear about expectations.
Stay Present and Curious
Use empathy, mindfulness, and influence to understand their experience, notice how the conversation is landing, and support self-discovery.
Turn Insight Into Ownership
Help the other person identify what they can change, choose a specific next step, and name the support they need.
A Practical Approach to Your Next Conversation
Ask. Listen. Anchor. Invite.
Encourage reflection with questions. Listen to understand the other person’s view. Anchor the conversation in observations, impact, and expectations. Invite them to choose a next step they can put into practice.
Explore how this approach works in a familiar workplace situation, including what to do when someone’s view of their performance differs from yours.
For Leaders Who Want Feedback to Lead Somewhere
Designed for managers, team leaders, coaches, and anyone responsible for helping others develop. Bring a feedback conversation you want to handle more thoughtfully and connect the session’s ideas to your own work.
The focus is on supporting insight and action through everyday conversations, with emotional intelligence as the foundation.
Register for Feedback That Actually Works
Use Emotional Intelligence to Create Insight, Ownership, and Change.
February 18, 2027 · 90-minute live session
$99 per participant
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