How to Give Feedback to Co-Elevate Your Team
Lessons learned from Keith Ferrazzi’s book Leading without Authority
Co-elevation is a new concept I learned from Keith Ferrazzi’s new book Leading without Authority. Keith is the best-selling author of Never Eat Alone and Whose Got Your Back.
His book Never Eat Alone changed the way I thought about managing a network because now I try to take notes on every interaction and milestone I have with the ‘key’ individuals in my network, whether at work or in my circle.
Co-elevation is an interesting concept to me as it is all about how organisations, teams and specifically leaders don’t get anything done (or at least major transformations) these days within their boundaries of authority. They often have to engage areas or teams outside of their lines of authority. As a project manager, I’ve been doing this for years, but Keith argues that all leaders need to recognize that their teams are not just their direct reports but everyone inside and outside the organisation that can contribute to and support the work they want to do.
One area to help co-elevate your team (I like to think of the metaphor that a rising tide raises all ships) is giving feedback. Previously I talked about how to give and receive feedback. And this article adds on by sharing a few…
