Imagine you have years-worth of research and it is dismissed by a 15-word rejection letter from a journal editor. That has happened to us. Or peer reviewers write demeaning, anonymous commentary about ...

I’ll be honest with you. I used to be terrible about receiving negative feedback. It was mostly an ego problem. As I grew, I learned that negative feedback is something to be met with gratitude. Why?

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 ...

Don't worry if an employee reacts poorly to negative feedback. It doesn't necessarily mean they will perform poorly on subsequent work, according to research from Virginia Commonwealth University.

A business executive dressed in a suit confronts an employee and uses hand gestures as he talks Praising good performance is easy, but what about those times when someone on your team needs a kick in ...

When you’re confident in your ability and actions, you’re more open to learning how you can improve. My colleague Stacey Finkelstein and I first discovered this in a study in which we asked our ...

Some 28 years ago, fresh out of Brown University, Jeff Wetzler found himself in his boss’s office seeking information. I nstead of a straightforward answer, he got a scolding from his manager. “Why ...

You have a scheduled meeting with a subordinate. The feedback is going to make the person squirm. In this blog, we will provide research-based suggestions to help you be more effective in giving ...

Social rewards and punishments are strong motivators. Since experimental work has focused on young adults using simplistic feedback, the effects of more naturalistic stimuli on motivation, evaluative ...

Employees aren’t the only ones who can receive feedback about their performance at work. As a manager or business leader, it’s important to receive feedback from your employees so you can understand ...

Social evaluative feedback informs us about how others perceive us, constantly updates our expectations of what to receive, and simultaneously changes our view of the sender. However, little is known ...