Getting and receiving feedback can be one of the most stressful aspects of your role as a leader. We senior lawyers often dread hearing constructive criticism of our performance; as high achievers, we hate to hear that we have fallen short in any way. And giving feedback to your team or peers can be equally difficult; we don't want to offend or demotivate someone. So, we either skip the opportunity to provide feedback or we water down our commentary so much that the recipient doesn't get the message we are attempting to send.