A smart manager will see your feedback as a gift, because most never get feedback on their job performance. People get defensive quickly if they feel they are being criticized. So a good approach can ...

For many companies, ’tis the season for annual reviews. Whether you’re delivering a company-wide review, a team review, or a one-on-one, you need to be prepared. After all, the feedback you provide ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Julia Korn writes about leadership and career development. Giving feedback comes with the job of being a manager. It’s essential ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

How Associates Can Better Receive Meaningful Feedback In a follow-up to her piece on how to give feedback, leadership coach Lauren Krasnow explains how associates should look to get and receive ...

INSEAD professor Erin Meyer explains how to offer advice across cultures, ages, and genders. We know that teams mixing people of different generations, genders, and cultures yield better outcomes, and ...

One of the questions I've learned to ask as a coach before giving anyone feedback about their ideas, content, delivery, or performance, in general, is, "How do you want your feedback; should I give it ...