Elevate with Robert Glazer

Weekend Conversations: The Feedback You Hear (and The Feedback You Don't)

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Dec 6, 2025
Dive into the intriguing world of feedback and its profound impact on personal growth. Discover how different personalities handle feedback, from refusers to refiners, and how early lessons shape our resilience. The hosts share practical anecdotes, like the importance of setting realistic deadlines and refining behavior for better perception. Learn how to deliver feedback effectively, making it actionable and beneficial, while embracing the balance between authenticity and leadership gravitas. This conversation reveals the essence of feedback in shaping our identities.
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INSIGHT

Why Athletes Accept Feedback Better

  • Athletes are coachable because feedback targets behaviors with a clear scoreboard.
  • In business people conflate behavior with character, making feedback harder to accept.
ANECDOTE

Hallway Blindness Costing Warmth

  • A 360 review told Robert people thought he wasn't friendly because he didn't acknowledge hallway passings.
  • He realized daydreaming, not malice, caused the perception and corrected the behavior.
ADVICE

Promise Later, Deliver Earlier

  • Set realistic deadlines: promise Wednesday and deliver Tuesday to overdeliver.
  • Changing expectations, not output, turns late into early and improves perceptions.
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