2026 Awards – HR and Employee Development

Goody Business Book Awards Winners and Finalists for 2026 Banner for Leadership HR and Employee Development

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Book Title:Fearless Feedback: Everything Managers Have Never Been Taught About Feedback

Author:Katie O'Brien Ceccarini

Published:2026

How is your book helping others?

Fearless Feedback is changing the relationship people have with feedback, making feedback less daunting and more effective. Managers who read Fearless Feedback are better equipped to broach, address, and navigate feedback conversations, giving them a new sense of confidence, making them more capable managers. Most managers are never taught how to have great feedback conversations. Until now. Fearless Feedback is the practical, no-nonsense guide managers have been waiting for. This is not a book on why feedback is important—managers already know it is. This is a book laser-focused on the how: how to have meaningful feedback conversations while preserving the relationships they've worked hard to build.

Built on two decades of real management experience and grounded in repeatable frameworks with real-world scenarios, this book gives the language and tools to navigate even the most difficult conversations, making it a book managers can come back to again and again.

Learn more about this book:amazon.com