Darcy Luoma Coaching and Consulting

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Feedback isn’t working 76% of the time

A recent Gallup Workplace article titled Feedback Is Not Enough says that “only 24% of workers strongly agree that the feedback they receive helps them do better work”.

That means that three out of four people do not think the feedback they’re getting is helping them make meaningful change. Not only that, “research shows that it only improves performance one-third of the time, while actually making it worse one-third of the time”.

So clearly it’s time to rethink how you’re giving feedback! [Read more…]

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Didn’t See That Coming?

It takes some bravery to reach out for help, whether for yourself or your team. It can be scary to open yourself up, both to share how you feel about what’s happening in your office, and to hear what others have to say about it. So usually by the time organizations reach out to us to do a team assessment, there are a few things that are really not working.

And inevitably, whenever we start doing interviews as part of a team assessment, there is at least one person that says ‘Everything seems fine to me!’ [Read more…]

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The Next Challenge

A couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to see Glennon Doyle, author of Carry On Warrior and Love Warrior, speak in Madison. I went in with relatively low expectations. The last speaker I saw was definitely not worth the $65 ticket, and I worried Glennon wouldn’t even live up to her $29 entry fee. But she was fantastic!

For an hour and a half, she told one story after another, in answer to a series of questions. I was tuned in and laughing the whole time, and left completely impressed.

She made it look so easy. [Read more…]

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Our Top Posts from 2018

I hope you are having a wonderful holiday! Josie, Jadyn and I are chillin’ out and loving the relaxed pace of vacation.

As I get ready to record my last Thoughtfully Fit Thursday of the year, I decided to take a look back at where we’ve been in 2018. I absolutely love having the opportunity to share with you on a weekly basis, and I hope that you’ve seen or read something that made a difference for you.

Below you’ll find a list of our top five posts and videos from the past year, just in case you missed them.

If you have topics you’d like me to talk about in 2019, I’d love to hear from you!

I am looking forward to another year filled with great content, embarrassing stories, and more learning (for both you and me). See you next year!

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