Feedback…

This morning during practice with one of my young clients he paid me a compliment that still has me smiling. He told me about a recent convo with his bride to be. They were walking out of another of their pre-marriage counseling sessions and she turned to him and asked him what he was thinking. This was one of those moments where she wasn’t asking a question even though she was. My client recognized this. (Insert first smile) So, instead of answering he asked her what she was thinking. Without so much as a momentary pause she replied with some ccd magic on her mind.

“I get more,” she began succinctly, “when you come home after one of your Chet practices and start a tough convo we’ve been waiting too long in having.” My client smiled and told her some ccd magic back. “That’s because Chet pushes me more than our counselor does.” (Insert ducheene smile) My client paused and then thanked me. I let his gratitude in and it felt great.

Remember, leader, your job is to make your team do what they can. They can do a lot. That does NOT mean they necesarily will. Your job is not to be nice and give them soft soap. Truth in LOVE is always kind. Feedback is only the breakfast of champions when it’s real, timely, and true. Go get some. Give some. Feedback, friend. Feedback, what you so afraid of…