Why Mental Toughness is Your Essential Skill (Featured in YouthWise Magazine 2023)
Giving feedback up the chain—to a team leader, senior executive, or director—can feel intimidating. We worry:
But here’s the truth: the teams that thrive are the ones where feedback flows in every direction. Healthy workplace cultures invite feedback, not just down, but up and across.
We live in an era where leaders are expected to be self-aware, inclusive, and emotionally intelligent. But even the most experienced leaders have blind spots. They don’t always know how their decisions land—or how their presence affects others.
That’s where feedback becomes not just helpful, but essential.
When feedback only travels downward, teams miss out on growth. Issues go unspoken. Trust erodes. Innovation slows.
In contrast, when team members speak up with courage and care, leaders gain insight they would otherwise never access. It’s how psychological safety is built—not in theory, but in practice.
We often associate feedback with risk. But it’s a sign of maturity and contribution. At WunderTraining, we teach that:
When we approach feedback from a place of strengths—kind candour, curiosity, perspective—we shift the dynamic from threat to trust. From avoidance to alignment.
The most effective professionals I’ve worked with stopped asking “How can I impress them?” and started asking “How can I genuinely connect?”
This shift opens the door to:
Feedback delivered well builds trust, not tension.
“The relationships we protect too much often stay surface-level. The ones we stretch through honesty are the ones that grow.”
At WunderTraining, we help teams and leaders create the conditions for feedback to thrive up, down, and across.
It’s how real connection is built. It’s how culture shifts. And it starts with brave conversations.
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Let’s build workplaces where feedback flows freely and leadership is shared.
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