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That's hilarious.

If you want to make it super explicit, come up with examples. "Be bolder, for example for this project I saw you doing 80% of the work, you should get to headline the presentation and have top billing on the authors page".

"Act like X" is also potentially useful, if you make it explicit. Explicit is not "Act like a white man" (whaaaa?). Explicit: is "Act like Bob, for example do you remember when HR said he couldn't have a new screen and he insisted"?

>>oblio+(OP)
But all that does in practice is that only those who can come up with perfectly worded advice on the spot that will not offend anyone will be giving advice to people who might become offended. Which actually hurts the underprivileged since they will now receive a significantly reduced amount of advice.

>>marcin+m2
Why perfectly worded? I guess it depends on the person, but coming up with examples should be easy, in my experience.

It's just an extension of the classic "show, don't tell".

>>marcin+m2
Most advice to give has already been thought about. And if not, you can simply say "Let me get back to you with feedback on ___"