Whenever I have to give any challenging feedback to someone I supervise, I tend to ramble on and repeat myself. I want to be sure that I am clear and direct, but then I worry that I was too harsh so I ...

Throughout 2024, I've noticed a recurring theme in conversations with fellow leaders and managers: the struggle to provide effective feedback to employees. Many people managers express a lack of ...

For example, a professor might emphasize that a student is capable of achieving high standards when giving critical feedback.

If you want to grow, receiving constructive feedback can help. The problem is that few people are good at delivering it effectively. Making matters worse, most of us bristle when we’re on the ...

Creating a culture where feedback flows openly and constructively is essential to employee growth and organizational health. But giving and receiving feedback in a way that’s both timely and helpful, ...

Giving feedback to employees is an essential aspect of being a manager, and the quality of feedback given has the power to make or break your organization, according to an Inc. report. 1. You fear ...

When it comes to giving negative feedback at work, the so-called "compliment sandwich"—praise, criticism, praise—may no longer be effective, according to ongoing research from the Ivey Business School ...

Focus on developing their strengths instead of pointing out their weaknesses. How does critical feedback affect your team’s success? Researchers Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall argue that many ...

Providing feedback to employees, both positive and negative, is an integral aspect of any manager, boss, or leader’s job. That being said, there’s a big difference between those two varieties of ...

Kip Holderness has received funding in the past from the Institute of Management Accountants and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. Kari Olsen received funding from the Institute of ...

Many employees believe their bosses are jerks who don’t care about their feelings, but in most cases this simply isn’t true. The majority of business owners and CEOs care about their employees and don ...

Ralph Lauren CEO Patrice Louvet isn’t afraid to tackle workplace issues head-on. Although he prefers to focus on employees’ strengths when giving feedback, the French-born exec says addressing ...