Leadership Powered by Common Sense Stop Avoiding Feedback: How to Be Clear, Kind, and Direct | Ep. 477
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Apr 2, 2026 Emma Collyer, executive coach and founder of Aspire Executive Coaching, helps leaders with feedback, transitions, and career growth. They explore why leaders dodge feedback and what younger workers really want. Practical strategies for being kind, direct, and setting mutual expectations. Tips on shifting from transactional to strategic leadership and defining the leader you want to be.
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Emma's Shift From Landscape Architecture To Coaching
- Emma Collyer transitioned from landscape architecture and 15 years in a UK government agency into executive coaching after discovering coaching's impact.
- Moving to Canada in 2018 she trained further and built Aspire Executive Coaching using lived examples from her career.
Open Feedback By Stating Positive Intention
- Be clear and direct when giving constructive feedback and state your positive intention first.
- Say something like “I want you to succeed; a couple of things need to change” to signal support and focus the conversation on improvement.
Most Requests For Feedback Are Requests For Reassurance
- People who ask for feedback often want light reassurance, not a full performance review.
- Younger or newly promoted employees frequently need quick validation that they're on the right track rather than lengthy analysis.
