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Evaluation Season: How to Give and Receive Feedback Without the Armor emotional intelligence feedback leadership onboarding professional development Oct 15, 2026

It’s evaluation season. Annual reviews are being written, calibration meetings are on the calendar, and in the next few weeks a lot of lawyers will sit across from someone and hear how their year went.

What happens in the ten seconds after that moment shapes a career more than t...

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Kendra Brodin, Esq., MSW

Kendra Brodin, Esq., MSW

Founder, EsquireWell

I've spent my career at the intersection of law and human well-being. I write about both with equal parts research and hard-won experience. If you've ever wondered whether there's a better way to work, there is! Let's explore it together.

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