Long story, very short: I had a feedback session with the lead I work with who told me that "I'm very nice". I asked him to clarify and the conversation went towards this being a potential issue within the team. I said I understood what he was getting at and that I would chew on it for a while and give an update next session. My issue is this piece of feedback is not actionable and came at a time where I just started. So the lead is mostly warning me that I will need to be firm on making people accountable.
Though this is pretty baked into my personality as I come from an American client services background, with an emphasis on diplomacy. The company I work for now is very German and appreciates honesty and bluntness. I'm not even sure where to start on this, to be honest. I planned on looking at leaders whom I admire and look deeper at their process but this feels like throwing spaghetti at the wall.
So what would you do with this piece of feedback? Has anyone received this kind of feedback and turned it around? My goal early on is to build trust and this feels like a chance to do so.