Beth Brown was assigned to a major project at work when hardship struck. Brown, director of health and well-being at a ...

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

Ralph Lauren CEO Patrice Louvet doesn't sandwich his criticism between two compliments, he says. Instead, he gets his point across in one of two ways. For smaller issues, he starts with a person's ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sho Dewan is a career expert who covers work, top jobs, and business. While you may be used to receiving feedback from your ...

“She does not seem to trust or accept my judgment on her ideas, and she often asks me to go to my boss for a second opinion.” ...

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 ...

Social discomfort is so universal that social psychologists like me have made careers out of studying it. We can find it almost anywhere, like in salary negotiations or small talk conversations that ...

I work at a large retailer in an environment where “feedback is vital to success.” In other words, feedback flows like water, whether it be positive or constructive. The issue I have been having, ...

Johnny C. Taylor Jr. tackles your workplace questions each week for USA TODAY. Taylor is president and CEO of SHRM, the world's largest trade association of human resources professionals, and author ...

This time of year, many of us pause to reflect on what we’re grateful for—family, friends, health, and the comforts of home. But there’s one group we often overlook: The people we work with every day.

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 ...