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Feedback is essential for growth—yet it’s often misunderstood, emotionally charged, or delivered in ways that miss the mark. In this interactive session, coaches will explore why feedback can feel so difficult, how emotional triggers and nervous system responses shape what we hear, and why even well-intended feedback sometimes fails to land.

Drawing on adult development theory and coaching practice, this session introduces four common ways adults make sense of feedback and offers practical strategies for tailoring feedback so it can truly be heard. Participants will learn how to give feedback with greater clarity, care, and effectiveness—and how to receive feedback without defensiveness, over-personalization, or shutdown.

This session blends research-based insight with real-world coaching applications, reflection, and language coaches can use immediately in their work with clients, teams, and peers.

Key Takeaways

Participants will:

Meet the Speaker

Nicolle Halbur, Ed.D. is a leadership coach, consultant, and educator who works at the intersection of personal growth, relational awareness, and organizational effectiveness. Her career spans more than 30 years across Fortune 100 companies and the nonprofit sector, where she supports mission-driven leaders navigating complexity, change, and growth with clarity and compassion.

She is the founder of [RE:WORK] Studios, a coaching and consulting practice focused on nonprofit leadership development. Through her work, Nicolle helps leaders align strategy with purpose, translate insight into action, and strengthen organizational systems using human-centered, developmentally informed approaches. Her background in program evaluation, advocacy, and policy analysis further informs her work with organizations seeking sustainable and values-driven change.

Nicolle earned her Doctorate of Education in Leadership and Learning in Organizations from Vanderbilt University, where her research examined coaching during periods of transition and uncertainty. She is a certified coach, an alumna of the MPA Online program at the University of Southern California, and currently serves as President-Elect of the International Coaching Federation Orange County Chapter.

At USC’s Price School of Public Policy, Nicolle leads the MPA Online coaching program and teaches graduate-level professional development courses. She brings the same care, curiosity, and reflective practice to the classroom that she brings to coaching—creating learning spaces where people feel seen, challenged, and supported in their growth.

Earn 2.00 Core Competencies & 0.50 Resource Development CCE units For Attending this Event
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Agenda:
6:00 Arrival and network
6:15/6:30 Dinner (vegetarian options provided)
6:45/7 Presentation begins
8:15 Presentation wraps up
8:15-8:30 Network, set up coffee meets