How To Build A Better Feedback System For Professional Development

Adam Fishman · 12 Aug 2026

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Managers withhold feedback because it is socially expensive and they are not trained to give it.

Their wordsManagers don’t forget to give feedback. They don’t give it because feedback is socially expensive and most managers aren’t trained to deliver it well. They’re not trained at all, in fact. It makes them uncomfortable.

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