Providing constructive feedback to team members empowers them to grow and excel. However, leaders often face obstacles—both external and self-imposed—that hinder their ability to deliver actionable ...

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 ...

Even when criticism is constructive, we tend to focus on how we feel about it rather than its content. But that can change. A couple of years ago a person I know—but don’t know well—asked me to write ...

In Star Trek: The Next Generation, the first time Captain Picard meets his first officer, Will Riker, he asks him to do something moderately challenging: dock the battleship section without using any ...

Feedback is a necessary part of personal and professional growth. We need feedback to understand how we are performing in our roles and where we are still developing. Understanding what we are doing ...

One approach to dealing with performance or behavior problems is through communication. Specifically, giving and receiving direct feedback. Feedback gives each party an opportunity to tell their side, ...

In my nearly two decades as an executive coach and a facilitator who helps leaders get better at giving and receiving feedback, I have found these to be the most common excuses. “My boss didn’t give ...

Getting and receiving feedback can be one of the most stressful aspects of your role as a leader. We senior lawyers often dread hearing constructive criticism of our performance; as high achievers, we ...

What do the best apps, companies, employees, innovators, parents, partners, creators, and entrepreneurs, among others, all tend to do exceptionally well? They know how to give vital feedback, and they ...

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 ...