Feedback Training for Managers & Teams
Teaching a more human approach to feedback
Feedback Academy is a quarter-long intensive where managers and their teams learn to build feedback cultures grounded in personal values rather than imposed standards. The result? Managers stop guessing how to approach feedback, employees stop feeling blindsided by it, and organizations build healthier, more productive conversations.
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Most feedback conversations fail before they start.
It's rarely because people don't care. More often, it's because feedback feels untethered to anything the employee actually agreed mattered.
Without a shared framework, managers are left guessing (and dreading) what to say, people become defensive, and conversations that should build someone up end up creating friction instead.
But when feedback becomes personal, in the right way, the whole conversation changes.
GIVE BETTER FEEDBACK
FEEDBACK
ACADEMY
A cohort program that teaches managers to anchor feedback using the Five Line Leadership framework.
Instead of relying on opinions or scripts, every conversation becomes an opportunity to realign with the kind of leader or contributor someone has already said they want to be.
Along the way, they'll practice real conversations, work through current challenges with coaching, and learn alongside peers who are building the same skills – because feedback gets easier when you don't have to figure it out alone.
Practice real conversations, work through current challenges with coaching
WHAT'S INCLUDED
WHAT'S INCLUDED
What’s includedLive kickoff session with Cecilia
Introduce the framework, align participants, and establish shared expectations.
1:1 coaching & peer discussion
Apply the framework to real workplace challenges through coaching, role play, and collaborative learning.
The "In the Ring" methodology
Introduce the framework, align participants, and establish shared expectations.
The Five Line Leadership framework
Create personalized leadership guardrails that become the foundation for every future feedback conversation.
Access to 2 mini-courses
Get access to Instant Help for Giving Feedback and Instant Help for Receiving Feedback.
Enterprise licensing
Scale the methodology across your organization with continued access and implementation support.
The Feedback Academy
difference
Traditional
feedback
Based on opinions
Reactive conversations
Managers carry the conversation
Feedback feels like an ambush or criticism
After Feedback
Academy
Grounded in personally authored values
Conversations built on shared expectations
Everyone shares the framework
Feedback feels like realignment and growth
Now your people can stop avoiding important conversations.
Participants learn how to:
Give feedback without overthinking every word
Receive feedback with greater openness and less defensiveness
Anchor conversations in shared values instead of subjective opinions
Navigate difficult conversations with greater clarity
Create trust before feedback is ever needed
Build accountability without damaging relationships
Turn uncomfortable conversations into
opportunities for growthDevelop a shared feedback language
MEET YOUR TRAINER
Cecilia Gorman
If there's one thing I've learned after 20+ years of leadership coaching, it's this: most managers don't dread feedback because they don't care. They dread it because no one ever showed them an easier way.
Feedback Academy is the answer I wish every manager had sooner. Using my Five Line Framework, I teach them to make feedback feel more natural, more meaningful, and less intimidating.
Enroll your team with confidence
Money-back
guarantee
If Feedback Academy isn't the right fit, we'll refund your enrollment.
Flexible enrollment transfers
If an employee leaves within 30 days before starting the course, simply transfer their seat to another manager.
Need internal
buy-in?
We'll provide editable email templates and stakeholder resources to help you make the case for Feedback Academy and answer common questions before enrollment.
FAQs
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No. Feedback Academy is designed to complement your existing leadership development by focusing specifically on one of leadership's most important skills: giving and receiving feedback.
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Feedback Academy is ideal for managers, leaders, and teams who want to improve communication, coaching, accountability, and trust.
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Absolutely. Organizations can license the Five Line Feedback methodology for continued internal use after the cohort concludes.
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The program is intentionally spread across the quarter to give participants time to learn, practice, and apply the framework between sessions.
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Yes. Feedback Academy is designed to work seamlessly for virtual, hybrid, and in-person teams.
Build a feedback culture your people won't dread.
Let's create a shared framework that makes feedback feel more personal, more meaningful, and a whole lot easier for everyone involved.