The Surprising Reason Feedback Often Backfires and Hurts Performance

And what you should do instead.

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Many years ago, I applied for a role I had considered my dream job. I made it to the last round of the interview process, where I had to give a presentation at the company. When I was done, I asked them for feedback. “How did it go?” I said and received some damning and utterly unactionable comments. I left the room with a …