# Feedback And Coaching

> Build feedback and coaching capability in managers and teams — timely, specific, and development-oriented conversations. Use when improving manager effectiveness, culture of feedback, or coaching quality.

- Skill: `itsual/feedback-and-coaching` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add itsual/feedback-and-coaching`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/itsual/feedback-and-coaching/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: itsual (https://skillmd.com/u/itsual)
- Updated: 2026-09-22
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/itsual/feedback-and-coaching

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# Feedback and Coaching

## Overview

Feedback and coaching turn work into learning. Organizations that only evaluate annually miss the daily improvement loop that drives performance.

## When to Use

- Manager skill development programs
- Building feedback culture
- Coaching frameworks for 1:1s
- Recovering from feedback-avoidant cultures

## Core Practices

- Train specificity: behavior, impact, request
- Normalize both reinforcing and corrective feedback
- Use 1:1s for coaching, not only status
- Separate in-the-moment feedback from formal review where helpful
- Model feedback from senior leaders
- Measure manager quality via employee signals, not only training completion

## Principles

- Vague feedback cannot be acted on
- Feedback delayed is feedback discounted
- Psychological safety determines whether feedback lands
- Coaching asks more questions than it gives answers — skillfully

## Verification

- [ ] Managers have practical feedback tools/training
- [ ] 1:1 cadence expectations exist
- [ ] Employee surveys or pulses test feedback quality