Feedback &
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Coaching, Part 1
January 7, 2015
Ed Batista
@ the Stanford Class Presidents
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Who am I?
Executive coach
Instructor & GSB alum
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HBR Guide to Coaching Your Employees
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Why feedbackmatters to me…
Touchy Feely
Changed my view of myself
Impact on my professional path & life
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& why coachingdoes, too
Started as a client
Changed my view of leadership
Impact on my clients & GSB students
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Where are we
Today: Feedback as an interpersonal skill
Next time: Coaching as a leadership tool
going?
How will we
Discussion (~40 min)
Exercises & debriefs (~1 hr 15 mins)
Work as a group & in pairs
get there?
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Concepts #1Today’s headline
The simplest feedback model
Feelings
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The headline
Feedback is stressful
So critique with skill
& express more heartfelt appreciation
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The simplest
When you do [X], I feel [Y].
feedback model
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FeelingsDisclosing feelings = vulnerable
But feelings influence
And vulnerability closeness
Comfort with discomfort
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Concepts #25 levels
Hierarchy of needs
Safety, trust, intimacy
Social threat
SCARF model
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5 levels
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Richard Francisco
In what ways do we communicate?
Increasing levels of difficulty, risk & learning
5 levels1: Ritual
2: Extended Ritual
3: Content
4: Feelings About Content
5: Feelings About Each Other
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5 levels
5: Feelings About Each Other
Hardest
Riskiest
Most powerful for feedback
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Hierarchy of needs
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Abraham Maslow
What motivates us as human beings?
Hierarchy of needs
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Physiological
Safety
Love & belonging
Esteem
Self-actualization
Hierarchy of needs
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Parallels in groups & relationships
Hierarchy of needs
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Psychological safety, trust & intimacy
Experiments, risk-taking &
vulnerability
Learning, self-
awareness & change
In groups & relationships…
Safety, trust,
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intimacy
Safety, trust,intimacy
Safety = I won’t get hurt
Trust = I believe you & you believe me
Intimacy = We can make the private public
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Can I give you
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some feedback?
Feedback and
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social threat
Threat responseaka “Fight, flight or freeze”
Physiological
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Threat responseaka “Fight, flight or freeze”
Emotional
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Threat responseaka “Fight, flight or freeze”
Cognitive
Decision-making
Problem-solving
Collaboration
Social threat
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Social threatPhysiological/emotional response plus…
Cognitive impairment
Decision-making
Problem-solving
Collaboration
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Social threatResult?
Massive communication failure
We give feedback ineffectively
We receive it poorly
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SCARF modelDavid Rock
What social situations trigger a threat response?
How can we minimize the risk of social threat?
How can we create safety?
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Use the modelWhen giving feedback…
Be mindful of status
Minimize uncertainty
Maximize autonomy
Build the relationship*
Play fair*
Use the modelWhen getting feedback…
Cultivate in-the-moment awareness
Recognize our threat response
Manage our emotions
Slow things down
RelationshipsFeeling known by the other
A culture of appreciation
Responding to “bids”
Mutual influence
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The netDavid Bradford
How to improve communication?
How to minimize defensiveness?
How can we play fair?
Use the modelIntent ≠ impact
My intention doesn’t guarantee your response
Impact ≠ intent
Your response wasn’t necessarily my intention
Use the modelStay on our side of the net
Focus on observed behavior
Disclose our response
When you do [X], I feel [Y].
Use the modelResult?
Lower risk of social threat
Less chance of defensiveness
Increased sense of fairness
To sum up
Build safety, trust & intimacy
Use the models
Minimize social threat
Less stressful feedback
More learning
Thank you!
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