Overview (Program Summary)
In this highly interactive session, #1 career coach, law partner, and former GC/CHRO/CAO with Amii Barnard-Bahn, you will learn how to:
1. Constructively Deliver Feedback: Teach executive leaders effective ways to deliver constructive feedback that focuses on specific behaviors and outcomes rather than personal traits. Emphasize the importance of being specific, timely, and actionable in their feedback.
2. Receive Feedback Gracefully: Help leaders understand the value of receiving feedback with an open mind. Provide strategies for staying receptive, asking clarifying questions, and expressing appreciation for insights, even when the feedback is challenging.
3. Build a Feedback Culture: Discuss the importance of fostering a culture where feedback is not only accepted but encouraged. Explore how leaders can create an environment where team members feel comfortable providing feedback to each other and to leadership.
Amii Barnard-Bahn is a contributor to Harvard Business Review and a member of Marshall Goldsmith's 100 Coaches. A lifelong diversity advocate, Amii testified for the successful passage of the first U.S. laws requiring corporate boards to include women. Amii earned her law degree from Georgetown University Law Center and her BA from Tufts. Amii helps executives get promoted to and thrive in the C-suite, and helps companies do the right thing. Amii has been recognized by Thinkers360 as #1 thought leader in Career advancement. A former Fortune 5 executive, GC, and CHRO, Amii is a consultant and coach to the C-Suite and leaders at global companies like Bank of the West, Adobe, AbbVie, and The Gap. She is also a partner at Kaplan & Walker LLP, a law firm specializing in compliance and ethics.