October 5, 2024

Getting criticism from nice people…

Call & Response

Conventional wisdom says that leaders hate criticism and those who work with them would rather keep a dysfunctional team than confront a leader’s incompetency. No one wants to be seen as uncivil or impolite, especially in ministry settings. We have an epidemic of niceness that keeps us from giving and receiving good feedback, but I think we leaders long for constructive criticism, and I think those who we lead long for ways to dish it out without feeling like they’re tripping the “nicewire.”

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