Turn feedback conversations from dreaded confrontations into powerful catalysts for employee growth and team performance. Most managers either avoid giving feedback entirely or deliver it in ways that trigger defensiveness and damage relationships. This training kit equips leaders with research-backed strategies to deliver feedback that employees actually receive, implement, and use to excel in their roles.
This complete training kit gives you everything needed to transform feedback from a performance management burden into your most powerful leadership tool.
Professional Presentation (35 slides). Research-backed content covering the four core feedback strategies including the SBI Model, growth-focused language, and collaborative goal-setting with real workplace scenarios and knowledge checks.
Participant Workbook (12 pages). Activities including feedback approach assessment, SBI practice templates, defensive response management, and personal feedback planning tools.
Facilitator Guide (8 pages). Complete session plan with discussion questions, activity instructions, and implementation guidance.
Content based on research from Center for Creative Leadership, Gallup, Harvard Business Review, Deloitte Human Capital Trends, and Journal of Organizational Behavior.
Participants will define effective feedback and understand the difference between evaluative and developmental feedback approaches that promote sustained behavior change.
Participants will identify four specific feedback techniques including the SBI Model and growth-focused language that increase employee receptivity by up to 37%.
Participants will recognize warning signs of ineffective feedback including defensive patterns and vague language that undermine performance conversations.
Participants will practice specific feedback delivery methods in challenging performance scenarios using structured frameworks and collaborative problem-solving approaches.
Senior managers and team leaders who struggle with delivering feedback effectively and want to improve their performance management conversations.
HR professionals and learning & development teams seeking evidence-based feedback training that reduces defensiveness and increases behavior change implementation.
Management consultants and executive coaches helping clients develop more effective performance management and employee development capabilities.
Organizations experiencing feedback avoidance, recurring performance issues, or low employee engagement who need practical tools for constructive performance conversations.
Session Length: 60-120 minutes. | Delivery: In-person or virtual.
Three downloadable files include PowerPoint presentation and two PDF resources. No preparation required, everything needed for immediate implementation.