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To Get Honest Feedback, Leaders Need to Ask
Management & Entrepreneurship
  • James M. Kouzes
  • Barry Z. Posner, Santa Clara University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-27-2014
Publisher
Harvard Business Publishing
Abstract

“The only way to discover your strengths,” wrote Peter Drucker, “is through feedback analysis.” No senior leader would dispute this as a logical matter. But nor do they act on it. Most leaders don’t really want honest feedback, don’t ask for it, and don’t get much of it unless it’s forced on them. At least that’s what we’ve discovered in our research.

Citation Information
Kouzes, J. M., and Barry Z. Posner. (2014): "To Get Honest Feedback, Leaders Need to Ask", Harvard Business Review Blog, February 27, 2014.