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Programme sheet
Speak Freely and Provide Feedback to Your Boss
Communication & FeedbackTeamwork & CooperationAll employees≈ 20 min
Key skill: Feedback
Summary
Dare to give your manager constructive feedback to improve collaboration: drop the self-censorship, adopt an adult-to-adult posture, describe facts without judgment, listen, then negotiate concrete, mutual changes.
Target audience
Anyone who wants to promote a positive style of communication and collaboration.
Learning objectives
- Dare to give your boss constructive feedback without delay
- Adopt the right posture during a feedback conversation with your boss (neither intimidated nor arrogant)
- Structure your feedback conversation to make it clear, well-received, and constructive
- Step back to recognize your own responsibility in the situation
Module outline
- StorytellingKatia and Nabila's story, illustrating why feedback from employee to manager matters
- Articles"Intimidated by your boss?" — Tips for overcoming intimidation with a superior · The key steps for giving feedback to your boss · How to compliment your director
- Expert videoHow to dare to speak to your boss, adopt the right posture, and structure your message
- AnchoringA quiz and True/False questions to dig deeper and lock in what you've learned
- Memo cardA downloadable coaching memo card: the key takeaways from the expert video
- CommitmentConcrete examples to help you define your own commitment
- BonusA selection of videos to go further (TED, YouTube)
Models & methods
Four-step feedback structure: agreement, facts, listening, negotiation; adult-to-adult posture rather than child-parent; upward communication.
Research-based
Figure cited: 30% of employees describe their manager as "bad".