| I saw that some comments pick-up on VCs being adamant on founder's nervousness and such. Probably, OP should have mentioned different pointers, but still I think that such comments are missing an important point of this post by Josh - honest feedback almost never works. I have managed up to 30 people, [colleagues and HQ people not counting] - 95% of the time honest feedback does not work, mostly because of the: - ego, or - hidden agenda 5% it worked with people, with whom I had working relationships, based on mutual trust AND they were all GetDone high performing individuals. So what do you do when you know that honest feedback will not work? Are you going to hit a brick wall with your head? No... you come up with some nice words, etc. You can like such people, value them, but if you feel that they can not accept your honest feedback, you don't give it. |