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Hey Besties! Imagine walking into the office and being greeted by a candy dish that screams “Bridesmaids” vibes – yes, just like THAT scene. This week, we're bringing that energy straight to your ears.

Speaking of sweet - today we’re talking about feedback cultures! Those might be as rare as a brown M&M (because, surprisingly to us anyway, that’s the rarest color), but they’re what employees deserve, and totally possible to create.

In this week’s episode…

• Intro Story: Would you eat unwrapped candy in a candy bowl? You might not want to after hearing Jamie’s story (especially Leigh’s commentary) today.

• Corporate Cringe Speak: Do you only have partial information to share, and know everyone will have questions (that you don’t have answers to)? Use today’s corporate speak! It’s a moderately-nicer equivalent to “parking lot.”

• Feedback Culture: Why do so many organizations (and leaders) think of feedback only in terms of annual performance reviews? How can you create a feedback culture? We’ll (attempt to) solve your feedback challenges in just over 30 minutes.

• Questions & Comments: We Q&C about our favorite candy, whether we’re Olive Garden or Macaroni Grill people, and how to get attention from your boss (in a completely professional way).

Discussion Guide for Your Team (Questions for your team meeting or podcast discussion club):

• Candy Dish Culture: How do we use treats to build connection at work? And if we don’t provide wrapped candy, should we? (Thank you Leigh for this question!)

• Feedback Culture: Do we have a feedback culture? Why or why not, and what could we do to create that?

• Upward Feedback: Do our team members feel comfortable giving upward feedback to their managers/senior leaders? Do managers/senior leaders know how to respectfully and effectively respond to and act on it?

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