Annabelle Botea and I went live to talk leadership, feedback, and burnout… the stuff nobody teaches you in school.
From why promoting your top individual contributor can be a disaster, to giving feedback like a coach instead of a critic, to what actually prevents burnout (hint: scope, boundaries, and systems).
My favorite lines from the live:
“The best way to be a leader and give feedback is to be a coach.”
“If someone isn’t doing well, the first place leaders should look is themselves.”
“Saying no while also sounding like you’re saying yes is a skill.”
“Every time you respond, you make it okay for them to message you.”
“The more I learn about leadership, the more questions I have.”
Plus live questions from the chat:
Can people skills be learned from scratch?
Where does burnout responsibility really lie?
And what do you do with a boss who will never be self-aware?
Watch the replay. Join us for the next live.
The Updraft is research, field notes, and conversations about the parts of leadership no tool can practice for us. Changing the system from within.
I’m Dan Korus, founder of Kestryl Edge. I spent years learning leadership the hard way: burnout, toxic bosses, and the Peter Principle.
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Shout out and thank you to Olamide Amosu, Patricio Cuesta, Deano Symeonides, and many others for tuning into my live video with Annabelle Botea!
