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Listen, Lead, and Grow - by Padmini Pyapali

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Own Your Feedback (Part 2)

I spent most of my early years as a professional holding my breath through feedback conversations, waiting for them to end. I viewed my manager and senior teammates as infallible and attributed any lack of clarity in their feedback to my own lack of understanding. I worried that if I asked for clarification or more detail, I would offend my teammates by putting them on the spot and questioning them. My fears and misguided assumptions kept me from actively participating in any feedback conversation. I received and didn’t question. I told myself I’d follow up later, but never did. What I…

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