Alex shares how a direct conversation about performance helped a team member finally get promoted after missing several cycles. He argues that honest feedback, delivered immediately like in sports, beats sugar-coating and wastes less time.
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And final anecdote on that would be, at Uber, had a team member who was looking to get promoted, but they'd missed out on a couple of rounds. Why? So, we sat down and had a really frank conversation on, here are the areas you are missing, here are the areas you're hitting, here is what you need to do in this timeframe in order to be in the conversation. The ultimate outcome was maybe a bit of disagreement at the time, but ultimately led to that person getting promoted and getting a good outcome. So, personally, That comes from sporting dimes. In sport, you don't have time to sugarcoat things. It's real. You've got milliseconds or seconds to deliver feedback. It's got to be to the point, constructive, and progressive. So yeah, candor is my default and has been for a long time.
Alex, this has been so useful and it's going to help a lot of sales leaders and a lot of reps who join in and listen to this conversation. So, I want to thank you for your generosity today and it has been Very good. Thank you. Been a pleasure chatting to you, Priy. Thank you for having me. Thank you.