The Responsive Leader’s Bookshelf | Spotlight #2
"Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well" by Douglas Stone and Sheila Heen (Penguin Books).
- My Core Takeaway: Protecting our capacity requires emotional clarity. Whether we are leading a team, managing an adult classroom, or navigating professional growth, friction is inevitable. We thrive when we learn to untangle critique from our identity and treat feedback simply as data.
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