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Give feedback that lands

productivity by Admin 3 min read 1 file

Say the behaviour, the impact, and the ask — soon, and specific enough that tomorrow can be different — instead of a sandwich or a review-season surprise. Use when work missed the mark, when a pattern is repeating, or when praise is too vague to repeat.

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name: give-feedback-that-lands
category: productivity
description: >-
  Say the behaviour, the impact, and the ask — soon, and specific enough
  that tomorrow can be different — instead of a sandwich or a review-season
  surprise. Use when work missed the mark, when a pattern is repeating, or
  when praise is too vague to repeat.
---

# Give Feedback That Lands

Feedback that does not change tomorrow is a speech. The method is
small, close to the event, and shaped so the other person can **do
something differently** — or know exactly what to keep.

It is the same structure for a miss and for a hit. Only the emotion in
the room changes. The sandwich (praise, knife, praise) trains people to
wait for the knife and to distrust the praise.

## Behaviour, impact, ask

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