No matter how diligent a person is, they will, at some point, receive negative feedback in their career. Whether it’s an unsatisfied customer, an upset manager or a tense situation with a colleague, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about leadership development and building strengths. This article is more than 7 years old. Feedback generally falls into ...

Q: How do I give negative feedback? A: File this one under necessary but uncomfortable workplace conversations. It doesn’t matter if you are a new manager or have been a boss for decades, giving ...

How can you bounce back from negative feedback? Whether your employer relies on a formal performance review process at ...

Praising good performance is easy, but what about those times when someone on your team needs a kick in the butt more than a pat on the back? In that case, you’ll need to give some negative ...

I have some bad news. If you want to be a good manager, or even team member for that matter, you’ll need to get comfortable giving negative feedback. It’s not going to be high-fives and roses all the ...

After all, regular direct feedback is a way of contributing to our teams and helping our employees and colleagues become better at their jobs, right? But there’s an important difference between giving ...

Negative feedback is a fact of life: indeed, if you don’t regularly receive it you should worry! When it is constructive, negative feedback helps you to improve at what you do. And taking it well is a ...

People sometimes try to avoid negative feedback in the workplace and clamor for positive input. But criticism is just as important to the success of a company as positive feedback. Learn to use ...

As humans, we care about what others think. This means we crave feedback from those around us, especially as it concerns our performance. But even though we love to hear how we’re doing, we often ...

You have a scheduled meeting with a subordinate. The feedback is going to make the person squirm. In this blog, we will provide research-based suggestions to help you be more effective in giving ...