Feedback has the power to motivate and improve performance, but it often backfires. Instead of sparking growth, it can trigger defensiveness or lead to silence. Some people soften their words so much ...

Giving feedback to your team members early in a new leadership role can feel risky. After all, you haven’t had time to establish credibility. But when done right, it can build trust and momentum. Here ...

Should you alert an acquaintance to the spinach in his teeth? Or discreetly tell a coworker she’s been mispronouncing a client’s name? Many people hesitate to offer such constructive criticism, even ...

In our experience, peer-feedback or peer-review exercises offer a distinct opportunity in the classroom: students can benefit from both giving and receiving written input from others in all ...

My brother teaches middle school social studies, a job that requires him to give lots and lots of feedback. Some of it is called grading. A big part of his job is to teach kids to do a careful ...

Giving feedback sounds, at first blush, like it should be relatively simple. You have expertise, and you share. Job done. But a host of research suggests that providing feedback that’s both useful and ...

Giving performance feedback is a part of every people leader’s job. And yet, in my work with these leaders and teams, I’ve found that they often have negative mental models of what a feedback ...

It’s never fun to let a co-worker know they’ve fallen short. But while you may not look forward to giving negative feedback, it’s something you’ll have to do at some point in your career — especially ...

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