As a manager, delivering constructive criticism is a necessary and difficult part of the job. It can be emotionally tough to say something to someone else that you know they don’t want to hear. In ...

Critique and criticism may seem deceptively similar, but they diverge significantly in tone, intent, focus, level of detail, and delivery. Critique is a constructive endeavor, offering guidance and ...

"Handles constructive criticism well" appears in many work-related performance reviews. You may have even had it on your report card growing up. And there's a reason why dealing with constructive ...

Should you alert an acquaintance to the spinach in his teeth? Or discreetly tell a coworker she’s been mispronouncing a client’s name? Many people hesitate to offer such constructive criticism, even ...

What is constructive criticism, though, and how does it differ from nagging? Well, the line separating the two is super-subjective to the person receiving it. But as a general rule, the difference ...

Providing feedback to employees, both positive and negative, is an integral aspect of any manager, boss, or leader’s job. That being said, there’s a big difference between those two varieties of ...

Lucy, the constant critic of Charlie Brown in the comic strip "Peanuts," is one of my favorite characters because she always says exactly what is on her mind. Peeved at Charlie, she told him in one ...

There's no doubt about it. Constructive criticism, while possibly useful, can hurt. Even though the intention might be to help us, certain critiques can send us crashing! Especially when a ...