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Haytham Rabie Director of Construction| Marlin Spring Developments Pickering, Ontario, Canada
How do you make your leadership aware of shortcomings in their leadership style?
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Rami Kaibni
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Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Haytham, interesting question. The best way to do so as a first step is to approach them for a one to one conversation BUT you need to ensure you are politically correct with your choice of words because when you approach the leadership for a serious matter like this, there is a fine line between criticism and constructive feedback.
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Haytham Rabie Director of Construction| Marlin Spring Developments Pickering, Ontario, Canada
Rami, this will depend on the personality of both parties, I agree a tricky matter like this will require political correctness and the correct choice of words from the person conveying the message but it will also depend on the leader being open to feedback and understanding of where the other person is coming from
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Jan 26, 2024 12:06 AM
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Even with the most open minded leaders, if not addressed carefully, such comments could trigger their ego and they could get offended.
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Rami Kaibni
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Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Jan 25, 2024 8:16 PM
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Rami, this will depend on the personality of both parties, I agree a tricky matter like this will require political correctness and the correct choice of words from the person conveying the message but it will also depend on the leader being open to feedback and understanding of where the other person is coming from
Even with the most open minded leaders, if not addressed carefully, such comments could trigger their ego and they could get offended.
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Kiron Bondale Retired | Mentor| Retired Welland, Ontario, Canada
Haytham -

A lot depends on the level of psychological safety established within the team led by your leader as well as the desire of the team to operate with radical candor. If either of those is absent, it can be quite challenging.

This podcast might be useful to share with your leader: https://hbr.org/podcast/2023/11/how-do-i-h...ck-from-my-team

Kiron
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Jan 27, 2024 7:00 AM
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Kiron,
I do agree it is challenging either way, listening to the podcast you shared opened my eyes on many things as well. Even with the most open minded individuals like Rami said it can trigger their ego or make them feel like a victim in the situation.
nonetheless I got an idea through the Podcast and our discussion here that am going to try to run strategically through HR
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Abolfazl Yousefi Darestani Manager, Quality and Continuous Improvement| Hörmann-TNR Industrial Doors Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
It depends.
You should watch your words and put them in the order that they themselves come to the point that you want to share. However, there are leaders out there that would be more than happy to receive feedback from others.
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Haytham Rabie Director of Construction| Marlin Spring Developments Pickering, Ontario, Canada
Jan 26, 2024 7:29 AM
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Haytham -

A lot depends on the level of psychological safety established within the team led by your leader as well as the desire of the team to operate with radical candor. If either of those is absent, it can be quite challenging.

This podcast might be useful to share with your leader: https://hbr.org/podcast/2023/11/how-do-i-h...ck-from-my-team

Kiron
Kiron,
I do agree it is challenging either way, listening to the podcast you shared opened my eyes on many things as well. Even with the most open minded individuals like Rami said it can trigger their ego or make them feel like a victim in the situation.
nonetheless I got an idea through the Podcast and our discussion here that am going to try to run strategically through HR

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