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 ...

Nisha Chittal has managed teams and strategies at places like NBC News, MSNBC, Vox Media and Travel Channel. She was named to Forbes’ “30 Under 30” in Media in 2016 and participated in ONA’s Women’s ...

You could be working with a bunch of whistling Oompa-Loompas that love every second of the job and have the best of attitudes, but it all gets drained by that one exasperating, non-self-aware, tough, ...

“If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all” is polite advice, but not always practical when giving feedback. Not all feedback is positive to give or easy to receive. But skipping ...

When you hear someone ask, "Can I give you some feedback?" at work, how do you react? If you're like most professionals, stress will start to course through your system as you instantly brace yourself ...

When it comes to giving feedback, the old expression “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” often seems to apply. Clear, direct, critical feedback can be important because if people don’t know what ...

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 ...

Too many companies still give feedback in a very old-school way. When I was working at Google from 2010-2012, every six months we had to do an exhaustive, 360-feedback process. I absolutely dreaded ...

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 ...

It’s never fun to let a co-worker know they’ve fallen short. But while you may not look forward to giving negative feedback, it’s something you’ll have to do at some point in your career — especially ...