Making Room for Magic: A Revolutionary Act in a Busy World

A colleague from Kansas recently told me that she had received some pressure to “cover more material” in order to “make the most” of the professional development investment. “Yikes!” I said, “That is so contrary to all we know about how humans learn.” “Don’t give into the pressure,” I added, “You have to leave room […]

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Receiving and Offering Feedback: An Organizational Culture Worth Building 

Cultivating a culture of healthy feedback – receiving and offering it – takes time and intentional work in multiple areas. It can begin during onboarding and run through to the exit interview. Leaders can model healthy feedback processes and ensure commitment at all levels of an organization. It can take place in one-on-one settings as […]

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GLP’s Feedback Culture: Tending the Garden

For years, GLP’s core course (currently “Foundations of Dialogue Education”) included a set of guidelines around receiving and offering* feedback as well as a carefully sequenced feedback model. This approach to feedback has taken root and spread across GLP culture. Sample Feedback Guidelines: Be lavish, sincere, and specific in our affirmations. Offer suggestions in the […]

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