Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Tracy Brower writes about joy, community and the future of work. It may seem obvious that you need to give employees ...

Feedback: the unofficial four-letter word of both the office and the jobsite. As leaders, we spend a lot of time talking. But one of the hardest conversations to get right is feedback—both giving it ...

People get defensive quickly if they feel they are being criticized. So a good approach can be to present the feedback as an issue the two of you can work together to solve. (That way the change might ...

Many years ago, I had a manager tell me I was doing “a sh*t job” and that I needed to do better to stay employed. I was a new salesman then and was still getting a grasp on things. With that said, her ...

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 ...

Convenience Store News' Future Leaders Learning Lab provides techniques to move through the discomfort of feedback conversations and turn them into opportunities for learning. According to Recla, the ...

My student's voice trembled as she answered my question. "How do you think you've done so far?" I'd asked her. We'd been together on the general medicine inpatient ward for two weeks—the midpoint of ...

When people ask for feedback in social media writing groups, they often preface their request with phrases like "Please be gentle" or "Please be kind." Why? They're afraid. Even well-meaning people ...

Martina van Heerden is a member of the South African Association of Academic Literacy Practitioners. It can be difficult to tell someone what you think of their work, even if you mean well and even if ...

Only give feedback when you feel like the recipient has something they need to fix or improve. The other thing that I also recommend avoiding is the “positive feedback sandwich” where you include ...