Are you the type of person who loves to help others improve? We get it, you want to be helpful, but hold on just a second! Before you start dishing out unsolicited advice, ask yourself – is this really about them, or is it about you? 🤔 

With empathy and the right approach, you can provide meaningful support and help others reach their goals. Join us for tips on how to offer feedback with care, so you can empower your team to be their best selves.

0:00 | Intro
0:34 | Feedback Overview
1:15 | D BAD
1:50 | Do “I” need to say this?
3:20 | Do I “need” to say this?
3:43 | Do I need to say “this”?
4:32 | Deciding how to give feedback
5:01 | Conclusion

🔗 Links: Kristy Sachse: https://twitter.com/kristysachse
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Rule: https://www.ssw.com.au/rules/unsolici…
Check By Rule: https://www.ssw.com.au/rules/checked-…
Safe Space Rule: https://www.ssw.com.au/rules/safe-space
As per our conversation Rule: https://www.ssw.com.au/rules/as-per-o…
8 Steps to Scrum:    • 8 Steps To Scrum …  
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About the speakers

About the speakers

Matt Goldman

Since joining SSW, Matt has worked on a number of projects for a range of clients, including government agencies and multinational organisations. Matt loves making things, and at SSW uses that passion to fuel his work with .NET, EF / EF Core, Xamarin and .NET MAUI, Azure and Blazor. Matt also works with security and authentication/authorisation. Additionally, Matt (author of .NET MAUI in Action) regularly presents at the .NET User Group in 3 states, has hosted SSW's Xamarin Hack Day, has presented at the .NET Superpowers Tour, and regular co-hosts SSW's Clean Architecture Superpowers and Clean Architecture Workshop. Matt has also presented at NDC Sydney.

Drawing on a combination of hands-on experience and enterprise governance practices, Matt is able to make connections between business and technology to deliver user and business focused outcomes.

Matt has worked in IT for 15 years, and in addition to his development work has a background in infrastructure and management, and has delivered security policies, IT strategies and disaster recovery plans to a number of high profile national and multi-national clients.

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