If you hire and work with employees on a regular basis, you’ll need to provide them with feedback. Feedback, whether positive or negative, informs employees about their performance and gives them an ...

Giving feedback to your boss can be intimidating, but, with these five strategies in your hip pocket, you can get your point across with more ease. Giving feedback to your boss--a senior executive, ...

Great leaders know feedback isn’t just about what you say — it’s how you say it. The right approach keeps teams motivated and service sharp. When used strategically, the “compliment sandwich” builds ...

If there’s one theme that keeps surfacing in my coaching sessions with leaders—across industries, levels and cultures—it’s this: Giving feedback is one of the hardest parts of leadership. Not because ...

Annie Murphy Paul is the author of the forthcoming book Brilliant: The New Science of Smart. When effectively administered, feedback is a powerful way to build knowledge and skills, increase skills, ...

In our research on what makes work meaningful, one of the most powerful, but underused, leadership practices was the simple act of saying “thank you” (Adams & Myles, 2025). Meaningful work isn’t ...

Inc.com columnist Alison Green answers questions about workplace and management issues–everything from how to deal with a micromanaging boss to how to talk to someone on your team about body odor.

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 ...