12 Negative Feedback Examples And How To Give It 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.

When you’re confident in your ability and actions, you’re more open to learning how you can improve. My colleague Stacey Finkelstein and I first discovered this in a study in which we asked our ...

Max just closed his laptop after a brutal weekly check-in with his boss. The entire conversation focused on Max’s performance: how he’s missing deadlines and turning in subpar work, and how it’s ...

As a manager, perhaps one of the most dreaded parts of your job is giving critical feedback to team members. No one wants to hear that they’re doing a bad job, and no one really enjoys being the one ...

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 ...

Getting negative feedback is never fun. As you’re getting it, you usually want to crawl into a hole and never come out. And after you leave that room? Well, you probably want to fire off quite the ...

A workplace in which all employees perform and behave consistently all the time is a dream for a small business owner. The dream is, of course, not reality. Workers sometimes act in ways that are ...

Parent-teacher conference season is upon us, and while our kids might thrill when we tell them we’ll be chatting with Miss Sarah and getting a peek at their cubby, there’s also business to attend to. ...

No business runs perfectly but the way people communicate and work through problems can be a sign of a company's overall well being. Healthy communication in the workplace is critical for driving ...

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 ...