There's a type of feedback nobody trains you to give: feedback to your peers when you have no authority over them.

Giving feedback to your reports is hard.

Giving feedback to your peers is political.

Because they didn't ask.

They don't report to you.

And the power dynamic is ambiguous.

The move that works: make it about impact, not behavior. "When [thing happened], the result was [consequence]. I think [alternative] would have gotten a [better] outcome."

Notice what's absent: judgment about them as a person, assumption about their intent, or any framing that implies you're above them.

Peer feedback is the most influence-building communication skill people don’t practice enough.

But every time you do it well, you're demonstrating leadership without a title.