Simply Feedback
The word "feedback" can spark fear in people. Often our instinct is to hide or defend ourselves, but how does that open your eyes to opportunities at the present or even possible blind spots keeping you from achieving your career aspirations? Each month, join Troy Blaser, LearningBridge’s long-time software developer, as he interviews guests who are industry leaders as they share their ideas on professional growth, best practices, and the feedback lessons they learned that shaped their career today.
Episodes
59 episodes
59. Leading a Team of Mavericks - Sean Murray
Sean Murray, a leadership expert and author, delves into the crucial role of feedback in driving organizational growth. Drawing on the experiences of the 1984 U.S. men’s gold-winning volleyball team, he illustrates how trust and collaboration w...
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Season 5
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Episode 11
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39:34
58. Operate in Your Strengths - Yvonne Druyeh Dodd
Yvonne Druyeh Dood, a life and business coach, explains how she learned to “operate in your strengths” without sacrificing personal well-being or falling into the martyrdom mindset often associated with passionate work. She shares how feedback ...
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Season 5
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Episode 10
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30:00
57. Intentional Curiosity - Robert Avinger
Robert Avinger shares insights on the critical role of intentional curiosity when receiving feedback, even when it’s challenging or poorly delivered. He recounts personal stories that illustrate the impact of feedback on his career, both positi...
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Season 5
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Episode 9
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37:02
56. Rising Together: A Path Forward - Sally Helgesen
Sally Helgesen, an expert on women’s leadership, discusses her book “How Women Rise” and effective strategies for women to rise in the workplace. Sally emphasizes how feedback should be based on recognizing strengths and provides insights into ...
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Season 5
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Episode 8
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27:36
55. How Women Rise - Sally Helgesen
Sally Helgesen, an expert on women’s leadership, discusses her book “How Women Rise” and effective strategies for women to rise in the workplace. Sally emphasizes how feedback should be based on recognizing strengths and provides insights into ...
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Season 5
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Episode 7
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26:15
54. Don’t Accept Assumptions - Stephanie Allen
Stephanie Allen, a strategic CEO advisor and fractional COO, reminds us about the need to ask if we can give feedback. If the other person is not ready to receive it, we’re likely wasting everyone’s time and creating unnecessary conflict. She a...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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30:23
53. Building a Leadership Development Program - Michelle Thackray
Dr. Michelle Thackray discusses the significance of feedback within organizational structures and building a leadership development program. She shares insights from her career journey, emphasizing the pivotal role feedback played in redirectin...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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32:10
52. Systemic Team Coaching - Andria Gillis
Andria Gillis, an experienced executive coach specializing in systemic team coaching, dives into practical strategies for fostering open communication, enhancing emotional intelligence, and driving organizational transformation in this podcast ...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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24:15
51. Is This How You Want to Be Perceived? - Diane Hazum
Diane Hazum is an experienced leadership and executive coach with over twenty years of experience. She emphasizes the significance of understanding how one is perceived by others, the impact of feedback on career development, and insights into ...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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29:35
50. You Can’t Be a Leader if Nobody’s Willing to Follow You - Michelle DiTondo
Michelle DiTondo is a visionary leader in her field and emphasizes the importance of accepting professional feedback by highlighting experiences and insights from her career. She shares the importance of embracing feedback, how to intentionally...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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29:14
49. What Leaders Can Learn from Yoga - Janina Abiles
Janina Abiles is an independent talent & organizational development consultant with over 17 years of experience. She talks about her experiences as a yoga instructor and practitioner, and about how yoga can be help create better leaders.
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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1:01:54
48. Accept People for Who They Are - Janina Abiles
Janina Abiles is an independent talent & organizational development consultant with over 17 years of experience. She talks about accepting people for who they are and using feedback as a tool to help people unlock their potential instead of...
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Season 4
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Episode 12
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30:33
47. Why Go Public with Your Feedback? - Brian Houp
Brian Houp, an executive coach and CEO of Rezone Coaching, was named the number one executive coach in Louisville. He coaches experienced leaders to embrace the behaviors required to thrive at the executive level when working with clients. In t...
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Season 4
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Episode 11
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41:06
46. Infinite Influence - Alyson Van Hooser
Alyson Van Hooser, of Van Hooser Associates, is a Keynote speaker, leadership authority, and author. Having personally experienced the transformative impact of intentional leadership, Alyson is on a mission to develop highly effective leaders. ...
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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34:37
45. Managers Don't Like Communicating Feedback - Lisa Johnson
Lisa Johnson, HR Officer at Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, discusses the difficulty that arises from the fact that most managers don't like communicating feedback as well as how to address a concern of implicit bias.
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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33:51
44. Don't Just Say, 'Good Job' - Lori-Ann Duguay
Lori-Ann Duguay, CEO of People-Powered Solutions, shares a number of tips she has learned from her experience working in government and consulting and from her upcoming book. Brought to you by ...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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29:42
43. Discover Your Impact - Jamie Lewis Smith
Dr. Jamie Lewis Smith, CEO of Pixel Leadership Group, explains why it is so important to make your effort visible and the importance of paying attention to your impac...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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32:53
42. Thriving Through Unrelenting Crises - Vivian Blade
Vivian Blade is an inclusive leadership expert and #1 best-selling author. She discusses ways to use feedback to grow and become better.You can reach Vivian at her website, or by email at vivi...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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42:27
41. Strength Calibration - Nasheela O'Dowd and Catherine Flavin
Nasheela O’Dowd and Catherine Flavin work in Leadership Development for Whole Leader. They talk about gender bias in feedback and share ideas about the importance of finding and using your strengths, as well as finding and using the strengths o...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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37:50
40. Discover Your Leadership - Mike Maffucci
Mike Maffucci is a senior leadership and talent management consultant. He shares ideas about being an effective leader and creating a culture of feedback.For more info regarding feedback and how you can develop yourself or your team, em...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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43:58
39. You Can’t Grow Something You Don’t Know - Erin Urban
Erin Urban is a certified coach and Chief Happiness Officer of UPPSolutions. She talks about the importance of reflecting on experiences to learn and grow from them, as well as the importance of seeking and acting on feedback.For ...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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35:47
38. People Are Capable of Owning Their Feedback - Catharina Engberg
Catharina Engberg is a Global Talent Director at dentsu, an advertising and public relations organization. She talks about how feedback tools are important, but the real magic happens when those tools are used to start a conversation.Fo...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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45:13
37. Understanding Your Role in HR - Trent Savage
Trent Savage is the CHRO at Mountain American Credit Union. He talks about how to be effective in a role in Human Resources and how to use feedback professionally.For more info regarding feedback and how you can develop yourself or your...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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29:39
36. Our Saboteur and Sage - Sue Mann
Sue Mann is a trauma-trained coach whose focus is on ending the suffering and destruction of organizational morale and value by abrasive, bullying leaders. She talks about our saboteur and our sage voices, and how we can tap into our sage voice...
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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39:04
35. Feedback Gives You Insight Into Yourself - Peg Calvario
Peg Calvario is an executive coach, leader, and consultant. She talks about how feedback can give us insight into ourselves and how we can utilize it in our own development. For more info regarding feedback and how you can develop yours...
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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27:39