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Giving Feedback – Are You Ready for the Challenge?
Giving feedback (especially corrective feedback) can be very difficult. It’s important for you to get your message across, but at the same time, you want to avoid angering and alienating the person who...
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Avoid These Coaching Missteps
The most effective leaders in any organization are those who have mastered the art of coaching. The goal of the coach should be to increase the team’s accountability, clarity, empowerment,...
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How to Get Your Boss to Give You Feedback
Do you have a boss who is reluctant to give you any feedback? Are you unsure of what your boss thinks of you or your work? If so, you might be feeling a little anxious or uncomfortable. It can...
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Working With Persnickety Clients
Working on projects with clients generally takes tact, diplomacy, good communication skills, a willingness to compromise – and sometimes, a lot of patience. This is especially true when you have...
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Five Things That Managers Shouldn’t Say
Managing other people can be a tough job. It’s not unusual to have to deal with difficult situations, and it can sometimes be hard to know what to say. So when you have to give negative feedback or...
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What to Do When You Get Unwanted Advice
Do you have coworkers who offer you advice – even if you didn’t ask for it or need it? It can sometimes be helpful. But it can also be annoying. Unsolicited and unwanted advice can feel like criticism....
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How to Criticize Someone Nicely
It’s so hard to criticize a coworker or manager. Even if you think that your feedback would be helpful, you’re still saying something negative – and it could easily cause the person to become upset and...
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Four Reasons Why You May Not Be Providing Accurate Feedback
If you’re a manager, you’re probably responsible for providing your employees with feedback. Often this is done during an annual performance review. It’s a part of your job – but that doesn’t mean that...
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How to Ask Great Questions and Get Great Answers
Let’s imagine that a problem has cropped up at work and you’re not sure what to do. It would make sense to seek out a knowledgeable coworker and get that person’s advice. But before you do that, here’s...
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Want Valuable Feedback? Try the “Start-Stop-Continue” Method.
If you’re a manager, then you’re probably responsible for providing your team members with feedback – perhaps during annual performance reviews. But it’s also important to ask your team members to...
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How to Be Honest
I think that honesty is always the best policy at work. If a project isn’t going well, I tell my manager about it. If I make a mistake, I own up to it. But I do sometimes struggle with being honest...
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