The Debrief

Plan the Feedback Before You Give It

You need to give someone feedback — about performance, behavior, expectations, or impact — and you want it to land. Not bounce. Not get softened into nothing. Not blow up the relationship.

The Debrief builds a complete feedback strategy based on 19 questions about the person, the issue, what you've tried, and your own delivery defaults. Every section is written for this specific person and this specific situation.

Your report includes:

— The Read — what this feedback conversation is really about

— How to open — specific language calibrated to how they receive feedback

— Core feedback — what to say and how to say it

— The evidence — which examples to use and how to present them

— What to expect — their likely reaction and what it means

— What NOT to say — the instinct that will undermine you

— If they get defensive — specific recovery moves

— If they shut down — how to stay in the conversation

— The follow-through — what happens after

— The One Sentence — the one thing you must say no matter what

— Downloadable PDF report