Even when addressing difficult topics on the job, discussions don’t have to be uncomfortable or awkward.

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Leda Stawnychko receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). Mehnaz Rafi does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or ...

Giving feedback to your boss can be intimidating, but, with these five strategies in your hip pocket, you can get your point across with more ease. Giving feedback to your boss--a senior executive, ...

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 ...

Managers often use performance reviews to mold and shape employee behaviors and results. They trust that formally telling high performers what they’re doing wrong one to two times a year will lead to ...

This post is the third in a series on the 10 Commandments of Feedback. The giving and receiving of feedback is a key interpersonal skill that applies way beyond the workplace. It's also essential for ...

For successful organizations, feedback shouldn’t be an annual formality. Instead, continuous feedback should be the driving force behind engagement, growth, and success. Why do we do it this way?

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 ...

I was recently reading an article 1 on the science of kindness that emphasized how acts of kindness (doing them and witnessing them) produce measurable neurochemical and physiological effects. Being ...

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 ...