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What if YOU are the very reason feedback fails? 🤯

Stop self-sabotaging receiving feedback!

Long-term success in using feedback requires respecting three critical cautions:

🧟Don't become the Feedback Monster (respect the tempo).

👣Focus on A to B, not A to Z (respect the next step).

⏳Expect the J-Curve (respect the time needed to practice).

Learn about these essential guardrails that protect your ability to receive, process, and act on feedback effectively.

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#ReceivingFeedback #FeedbackFails #SustainableChange

When hard feedback hits, what do you do? The feedback is out of your control, but your response is not!Learn the three "how-to" skills that empower you to take charge of your development: 2-Mirrors, Signposting, & Second ScoresStop feeling victimized by feedback. ➡️ Find out the three skills you need after the Clarity Question! Ready to talk about bringing this training to your team? Call/text me directly: 385-253-1799 📞#Feedback #Empowerment #LeadershipSkills

Someone just said, "I have feedback for you." 😬What's your immediate reaction?

Defensiveness? Anxiety? That's the emotional autopilot taking over.You need a strategy—a single question—to snap yourself out of reaction mode and create the space for clarity, curiosity, and confidence.Learn the one powerful question that immediately puts you in control of the conversation.➡️ Watch Receiving Feedback, Part 4 now! Ready for a workshop to embed this skill in your team? Call/text me directly: 385-253-1799 📞#EmotionalIntelligence #FeedbackSkills #ClarityQuestion #Mindfulness #LeadershipSolutions

Feedback is supposed to help you grow, so why does it always feel so puzzling and stressful? 🤯

That anxiety you feel before a conversation comes from a lack of clarity.

You don't know if you're getting a gift, a nudge, or a performance review.

Not knowing the type of feedback kills your confidence.

The solution?

The A-C-E framework.

This simple acronym instantly identifies the three types of feedback—so you know exactly what piece of the puzzle you're holding and how to process it with confidence.

Stop letting the unknown trigger your defensiveness.

Become an ACE at receiving feedback today!

➡️ Watch Receiving Feedback, Part 3 now!

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#ACEFeedback #Clarity #Curiosity #Confidence #ReceivingFeedback #LeadershipSkills

😩 That instant feeling of dread, defensiveness, or dismissal when someone says, "Can I give you some feedback?"

That's your inner cat arching its back. 🐈‍⬛ It's an involuntary reaction that shuts down your confidence and kills your ability to grow—and it's driven by one of three hidden T.R.I.ggers.

Is your confidence being hijacked by questioning the Truth of the feedback, the Relationship of the giver, or your own Identity? 🤔

You can't fix what you don't know.

Awareness of your primary T.R.I.gger is the first step toward receiving every critique with clarity and confidence.

➡️ Watch Receiving Feedback, Part 2 now!

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#FeedbackTriggers #LeadershipSolutions #Confidence #GrowthMindset #CommunicationSkills #Tensions

Did you know the real leverage in growth and career success isn't in giving feedback—it's in receiving it well? 🤯
Receiving Feedback, Part 1 - Leadership Solutions with Russ Simon
Most leaders spend their energy mastering how to deliver the message.
But if your team isn't equipped to hear it, your effort is wasted. 🗑️
When you learn to receive feedback with clarity, curiosity, and confidence, three things happen:
You get better relationships. 🤝
You grow faster, personally and professionally. 📈
You increase your job security. 🔒
Stop avoiding the truth. Start leveraging feedback as the positive fuel it's meant to be. 🔥
➡️ Watch Receiving Feedback, Part 1 now!
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🛑Stop sending your team to conferences just to consume information.
You're falling prey to The Change Trap: Intent VS Intentional
You have the intent to grow your team.
So why are your efforts stalled? 🤔
Because...
👉🏼Intent is NOT Intentional!
Too many leaders stop at wanting to do good (intent) and never bring in the needed support (intentional).
You need structural REWARDS and TOOLS that transform temporary motivation into intrinsic, lasting growth.
Otherwise, you're just spinning your wheels and wasting your money 💸
Find out how to intentionally create a self-reinforcing cycle of sustained growth and learning for yourself, your team, and your organization.
➡️ Watch Leading Change, Part 3 now!
Ready to move from intent to INTENTIONAL and make real and lasting change?
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#IntentionalGrowth #LeadershipDevelopment #DISC #Live2Lead #OrganizationalChange #ExecutiveCoaching #Growth #LeadershipGame

Your team is motivated. Your people have the skills. So why is the new process still falling apart after the kickoff change? 🤔
It’s because you focused on the individual and forgot the team. 👥
Without true peer influence and collaboration structures in place, your team is simply working side-by-side, not achieving synergy.
Discover how to build the social and organizational structures that make change stick!
➡️ Watch Leading Change, Part 2 now!
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#Teamwork #OrganizationalChange #LeadershipDevelopment #CrucialLearning #TeamSynergy #Collaboration

Are you a Willpower Leader or a Skill Power Leader? 🤔💡Too many leaders confuse inspiration with empowerment. They think if they just motivate people hard enough, the change will happen.It won't. ❌You need a system that moves beyond just giving your team the motivation to change. ⚙️If you're not providing the right skill set and/or toolset, your team's motivation will disappear the moment things get difficult. 📉If your changes aren't sticking, you're likely missing one of the two essential ingredients. 🔑Find out what they are and start building a lasting foundation for change today. 🏗️Want to talk about bringing this training to your team? Call/text me directly: 385-253-1799 📞#BusinessLeadership #Influencer #OrganizationalChange #DISC #LeadershipCoaching #Change #LeadershipDevelopment