Monique Helstrom

Truth: This month’s article was hard for me to write. Not because I don’t believe every word of it — I do — but because for a long time, I was the biggest perpetrator of treating feedback like a death sentence.

I could turn one hard comment, one correction, one uncomfortable conversation into a full-blown identity crisis.

So trust me when I say I wrote this from both sides: having been there, and having fought my way out. Over the last 10 or 15 years, I’ve learned how to hear feedback without letting it destroy me, define me, or derail me. And that shift has been one of the most powerful changes of my career and my life. I hope it will be for you too!

Strong Careers Are Built on Uncomfortable Conversations | Monique Helstrom One thing I’ve noticed after working with executives, assistants, chiefs of staff, office managers, recruiters, leaders, and every kind of workplace personality you can imagine: The highest performers are not the people who never make mistakes. They are the people who can make a mistake, feel the ...