Career Coaches Answer Your Burning Questions

Career coaching helps people identify their personal goals, develop leadership skills, plan career moves and more. In this conversation moderated by Collective Gain Founder Lizzie Alberga, career coaches from the the Collective Gain Coaching Team share their knowledge on topics ranging from negotiation best practices to creating your personal brand to enhancing your leadership effectiveness via your own personal style. Q: What’s the best way to give difficult feedback? A: I feel effective feedback is specific to the behavior and delivered as close to the occurrence as possible. I always feel it's best to be clear, in a neutral energetic state, and open to hear what the manager or associate has to say. Approach it as a conversation to gain understanding, clarifying the expectation vs. results/actions you're witnessing. It keeps it from being