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Get honest feedback from your team, then give yours in a way that lands
Say who you manage. Get a go-to question to ask for feedback and a plan for the next conversation you lead.
Ask for feedback, then give it is a free AI workflow for the job "Lead and manage people". It guides your AI through several skills in order, passing each step's output to the next.
Free · No account · Made by AI Blocks · Level: beginner · Thinking: high
What it does
Most leaders ask "Any feedback for me?" and hear "No, it's all good." Then they give their own feedback before they have earned the right to, and it comes out too soft or too harsh. Neither way helps the person. This workflow starts with you. It writes a question that needs a specific answer, plans a pause of about six seconds after you ask, and prepares how you will respond to what you hear. Then it plans the conversation where you give feedback. The order comes from Kim Scott's article on how to ask for feedback and get Radical Candor. Her method is to ask first, listen, and reward what you hear before you give any of your own.
You give it
- Who you manage, and how they relate to you
- What you want to learn about how you lead, such as how you run meetings
- A recent project you worked on together (optional)
- The person who needs your feedback, what you saw them do and the effect it had
- A line or two that sounds like how you talk (optional)
You get
- A go-to question in your voice, and a second one tied to a recent project
- A plan for the silence, and the lines to repeat back, reward honesty and handle disagreement
- A read on where your relationship with the person sits now, and what to change
- A conversation plan with praise to open with, what to say about the behaviour, questions to ask and a follow-up date
Use it when
- You want honest feedback from your team, but all you hear is "everything is fine."
- You have a conversation you keep putting off with someone whose work is slipping.
- You are new to leading people and want a set way to ask for feedback and give it.
Steps
- Feedback request script writer: Say who you manage and what you want to learn. Get your go-to question and how to handle silence.
- Feedback conversation planner: Describe the person and the problem. Get the conversation: what to praise, what to say and how to say it.
How to use it
- Download the handoff pack. It's a zip with HANDOFF.md and every skill file this workflow uses.
- Give the folder to Claude (in Claude Code, or as files in a Claude Project) and say "Follow HANDOFF.md".
- Say who you manage, what you want to learn and who you need to give feedback to. It works step by step and saves each result.
- Ask your question at the end of a regular one-to-one and count to six in silence. Then have the planned conversation.