Giving feedback to your subordinates can improve their performance and make you look better as a leader. Receiving feedback can enhance your career and make your job more rewarding. Yet there is often a two-way conspiracy of silence that subverts honest feedback and causes a downward spiral of destructive behaviors. Strober and Jackman provide a four-step process for actively pursuing the feedback you need, and methods for giving feedback that allow you to feel comfortable and in control.