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Why New Managers Fail The Feedback Loop

Most new managers treat feedback as a quarterly performance review event, but that approach creates anxiety and silence. This episode explores the critical difference between evaluation and coaching, using the example of a mid-level tech lead who learned to decouple praise from criticism. We break down why saving all difficult conversations for the end of the quarter destroys psychological safety and how to build a rhythm of micro-feedback that actually changes behavior. If today was actually useful to you, the way these stay ad-free is listener support — buy me a coffee dot com slash…

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