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Are you still flexible enough to put your foot in your mouth? Most men are, even late into their years. I recently took a class on my job that dealt with leadership and problem resolution. The class left me with a few nuggets that were not only useful in the office but were also useful on a much wider scale. One of the key bits of advice that I knew I needed was how to give objective feedback. Objective feedback was defined as feedback free of the following:

Analysis

Commentary

Assumptions

Conclusions

Judgments

I am challenged with two items in this list, namely “Analysis” and “Commentary”. I, like the majority of men, have a propensity to be analytical when taking in information. As a matter of fact, I am not even sure if I know how to listen without analyzing. This is why the next item on the list is…