CETC - Coaching and mentoring - The art of giving feedback - Practice guide - CETC

Coaching and mentoring – The art of giving feedback – Practice guide

Leadership Supervision

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Mar 2019

Written by Noel Macnamara

This guide has been developed to support Therapeutic Specialists and Supervisors in Intensive Therapeutic Care in NSW in their development and support of staff. It is a companion to the Practice Guide – A model for coaching staff in Intensive Therapeutic Care: A guide for Therapeutic Specialists and Supervisors.

This practice guide will:

Define feedback
Explore the challenges of giving and receiving feedback
Seek to understand the perspective of both the giver and receiver
Provide guidance on how to approach feedback

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