Last month in this column, I provided an introduction to giving and receiving feedback within a team. This month I would like to review the three basic types of feedback: destructive, constructive and ...

One of the most powerful tools to improve the performance of a team is the ability to give and receive feedback effectively. The other day my 11-year-old daughter watched a video of herself, and she ...

Sharing honest feedback and constructive criticism can be difficult. The confidence needed to be critically direct yet tactful and constructive does not come naturally to many. New executives, who ...

Providing constructive feedback for a manager can be intimidating, especially when they are in a position of authority. However, when done tactfully, offering feedback can improve team dynamics, ...

Meaningful, consistent feedback is a key component of a high-performance workplace culture. In a 2022 Gallup survey, employees who received meaningful feedback in the previous week were four times ...

Constructive feedback should balance honesty with encouragement to build trust and accountability. Leaders who embrace feedback demonstrate humility, openness and a commitment to continuous growth.

This post is part 1 of a series. Many of the executives I coach complain about their employees’ shortcomings. But when we dig into concrete examples, it often becomes clear that their frustration is ...

Continuous feedback has been a cornerstone of organizational performance for many years, but recent trends around remote working have made feedback culture more important than ever for company ...

We all know that feedback helps us grow. And receiving constructive or negative—not positive—feedback is what helps us grow the most. But here’s the problem: many people shy away from giving negative ...

Imagine you’re talking to someone and they have a big green piece of something they ate for lunch in their teeth. Do you tell them? Whether you do might depend on who they are (you might be more ...

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 ...