Feedback & Performance Conversations

Overview: Managers need to make feedback part of everyday culture. This session builds confidence and skill in delivering both praise and constructive feedback, as well as navigating difficult conversations around behaviour or performance.

Key Takeaways: - Give feedback that builds, not breaks - Structure performance conversations effectively - Manage defensiveness and emotional reactions - Embed a culture of learning through feedback

Who Should Attend? This session is designed for managers, supervisors, and team leaders who want to strengthen their confidence and skill in giving feedback and handling performance conversations. It’s ideal for those who:

• Want to make feedback a natural, everyday part of team culture.
• Need practical tools to deliver both praise and constructive feedback.
• Face situations where they must manage defensiveness or emotional reactions.
• Are responsible for having difficult conversations around behaviour or performance.

Whether you’re new to managing people or looking to refine your approach, this session will help you create feedback conversations that build trust, drive performance, and support a culture of continuous learning.

Facilitator - Joe Husbands is a Learning and Development and HR professional from Cornerstone Resources with experience across multiple industries. He has designed and delivered impactful training, developed talent strategies, led consultancy projects, managed teams, and supported learners at all levels to drive performance and growth.

Cornerstone Resources is a specialist people and leadership development consultancy. We design and deliver practical, impactful training that helps managers and teams build the skills they need to thrive.

Our programmes are delivered in-house, online, or as fully bespoke solutions, ensuring the content is tailored to the culture and challenges of your organisation. From leadership journeys and resilience workshops to equality, diversity, and inclusion programmes, we focus on giving people the confidence to put learning into practice straight away.

At Cornerstone, we believe effective learning is interactive, relevant, and sustainable — equipping leaders and teams not just with knowledge, but with tools they can use from day one.

Want To Go Further? This session is part of our full Lead with Confidence programme – explore all sessions here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/5-week-programme-lead-with-confidence-a-practical-leadership-journey-tickets-1566400629449?aff=oddtdtcreator