Happy July! This month, I want to discuss helpful and appropriate feedback . Giving frequent feedback—good and bad—is important to the growth of your employees. Many employers unfortunately wait until the end-of-the-year reviews to consider successes and failures. I imagine that one of the main reasons for why people do not give regular feedback is that they become anxious about employees’ responses. If this is one of that factors that prevents you from offering frequent input, then let me offer the following tips to you to help create a positive environment. First, lead with questions . Often, employers start a review with the intent of leading employees to seeing a situation from the employers’ perspective. This can be met with defensiveness. A much more helpful approach is to be transparent about your intentions. Further, approach the meeting with curiosity, describing your observations and asking many questions about them. When employees see that you are legitimately interes