Giving feedback on job performance isn’t easy, especially when it requires sharing information an employee may not want to hear. When managers don’t say what they think, both sides are left with a missed opportunity to improve group performance.

Alternatively, when feedback becomes too harsh or personal, employees can feel discouraged, and may even seek employment elsewhere because they interpret the aggressive tone as a lack of care for their professional development.

This session will explore how to find the right balance. By using compassion and honesty together, managers can foster substantive conversations about work performance that are more likely to inspire trust and motivation to improve.

Beverly Jurenko, MBA and Founder of Inside Edge Consulting LLC, provides executive, leadership, and career coaching services. Beverly is a graduate of the Academy for Coaching Excellence, and a member of the International Coaching Federation. She has broad international experience in the corporate, startup, and non-profit arenas with expertise in finance, energy, and diversity equity and inclusion (DEI). Speaking engagements have included the Society for Petroleum Engineers, the National Diversity Council, the Energy Inclusion Council, and EDP Renewable Energies. Beverly is a member of the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce, and an Advisory Committee member of the Asheville YMCA. A graduate of Yale University and the Harvard Business School, she is married with two children and originally from Philadelphia.