Should you alert an acquaintance to the spinach in his teeth? Or discreetly tell a coworker she’s been mispronouncing a client’s name? Many people hesitate to offer such constructive criticism, even ...

My brother teaches middle school social studies, a job that requires him to give lots and lots of feedback. Some of it is called grading. A big part of his job is to teach kids to do a careful ...

In our experience, peer-feedback or peer-review exercises offer a distinct opportunity in the classroom: students can benefit from both giving and receiving written input from others in all ...

Giving feedback sounds, at first blush, like it should be relatively simple. You have expertise, and you share. Job done. But a host of research suggests that providing feedback that’s both useful and ...

Author’s Note: This weekly column offers detailed guidance for leadership actions you can take to build a better workplace, become a highly-productive leader and improve your leadership impact right ...

For many people, giving and receiving feedback can be incredibly stressful. When you have poured your heart and soul into your work, having someone offer a critique can feel incredibly personal. It ...

Giving performance feedback is a part of every people leader’s job. And yet, in my work with these leaders and teams, I’ve found that they often have negative mental models of what a feedback ...

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 ...

There are things that make your life better at work that are easy: bringing in donuts, summer Fridays or laughing with your colleagues about the latest reality TV scandal. And then there are things ...

I experienced this firsthand recently. While delivering a workshop for a global technology company, I asked for reflections after an exercise. One of the participants, a manager from Korea, raised his ...