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What if feedback felt inspiring and inviting vs something you dread or want to avoid? 

Feedback doesn’t have to feel like criticism. In this episode, Jen explores a new way to think about feedback using the Shift Positive® method — a strengths-based, solution-focused approach she co-created that's centered around creating a supportive feedback experience. Despite the best of intentions most of the feedback methods out there have not been designed with the brain in mind. We'll get into the neuroscience and why it makes feedback feel so hard. Then we'll do into 3 immediate shifts you can make in you approach to gathering and giving feedback to make it far more effective and energizing. 

Episode topics: 

• Why we are triggered by feedback - the SCARF Model by David Rock and understanding Negativity Bias
• What makes strengths-focused feedback different from positive feedback 
• How to give solution focused feedback vs problem focused to set someone up for successful change
• Why support is so important in feedback and how to give it
• Examples of how to give strengths, solutions, and supportive feedback 
• Client story about their Shift Positive 360 
• How your Enneagram type plays a role in how you receive feedback

Coaching Prompts: 

1. What’s a piece of feedback that still lingers for you — and why?
2. Ask someone who's important to you: What’s one thing I could do more of to be even more effective with you?
3.  Ask a small group of people you feel safe with for a strength-based reflection of you and one piece of solution focused feedback, one thing you can do differently. 

Resources | Links: 

Book | Feedback Reimagined by Jen Ostrich + Peter Berridge 

Website | Shift Positive Method 

Training | Get certified in the Shift Positive 360

Website | Get Your Shift Positive 360 with a Grow Collective Coach 

Website | The Grow Effect Coaching Model 

Instagram | The Work of You

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Website | The Work of You

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