Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I provide career insights for you to be seen and promote. Negative performance reviews are necessary but are also a demanding ...

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.

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 ...

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?

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 ...

Say it’s the start of a new semester or the end of the school year, and you’ve asked your staff to complete an anonymous survey to gather feedback about your leadership. You’ve reviewed the feedback, ...

Effective feedback is a key leadership tool. It nudges the organization toward actions and behaviors that are in line with desired culture and vision and leadership’s expectations. Feedback consists ...

Eliciting and receiving feedback from clients is an essential part of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT). We therapists aren’t mind-readers, and, because we’re only human, sometimes we make mistakes.

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 ...

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 ...