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Six tips for how to give powerful feedback as a leader, using empathy, being specific, and body language for feeding back positively and developing reports.

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 ...

Felicia, a project management director, felt physically ill at the thought of giving tough feedback to her team. She believed that as a leader, it should be easy. But as a Sensitive Striver, it felt ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

INSEAD professor Erin Meyer explains how to offer advice across cultures, ages, and genders. We know that teams mixing people of different generations, genders, and cultures yield better outcomes, and ...

A forty-year-old male client tells me of his struggles with conflict in his family. “Every time there is a conflict either ...