Why is positive feedback so important? The Gottman Institute conducted research showing that the "magic" relationship ratio of positive to negative interactions was 5:1 for healthy personal ...

When it comes to enhancing performance, the age-old debate often revolves around whether it is more effective to employ positive feedback to acknowledge achievements or to provide constructive ...

We have all encountered it and it is something that we will inevitably encounter again. Solicited or unsolicited, delivered with intention or haphazardly, negative feedback is an unavoidable ...

Delivering negative feedback requires a careful approach to ensure it’s constructive and leads to positive outcomes. I mentioned above what needs to be met for the feedback to be considered good ...

It’s easy to dwell on the difficulty and pain of recovery from an eating disorder. But it’s important to attend to the beauty of it too. One of the forms of beauty involved in restoring yourself to ...

When it comes to giving negative feedback at work, the so-called "compliment sandwich"—praise, criticism, praise—may no longer be effective, according to ongoing research from the Ivey Business School ...

When people are confronted with negative feedback, they often respond by trying to protect their self-image. But not everyone reacts the same way. A new study published in the journal Social ...

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 ...