Effective feedback: Avoid 'The Shit Wave'

"Why wasn't this done exactly to my specs? Gahhhhhh!" (pause) "Well, even though you're my manager, I haven't spoken to you in six weeks."

I'll try to keep this short on effective feedback, because I've written about the topic before and I'm not sure anything will ever get any better. I actually wrote a post a couple of weeks about 'how to give feedback' with help from nine-time NCAA Champion John Wooden. That post got about 1,500 views -- so I guess a few people here and there care about …