One of the most powerful tools to improve the performance of a team is the ability to give and receive feedback effectively. The other day my 11-year-old daughter watched a video of herself, and she ...

Providing feedback does not always yield the anticipated outcome. Beyond ensuring that directions are clear, managers need to understand what motivates their employees. Try out these five approaches ...

Christopher R. Gareis, Ed.D., is a professor of education at William & Mary. A former English teacher, soccer coach, and principal, he is the co-author of the books Teacher-Made Assessments: How to ...

As businesses set new goals and standards for themselves in the new year, they should place extra emphasis on retaining customers and acting upon the valuable feedback they receive. Embracing customer ...

We have literature galore that eulogizes the importance of feedback in enhancing performances in the workplace. This assumption is one of the classic cases of jumping to conclusions. Feedback doesn’t ...

Giving constructive feedback can be awkward, but avoiding it doesn’t just hurt performance—it deprives employees of a sense of purpose. Once basic job needs are met, people crave meaning. Your ...

Does thinking about spending hours grading student writing fill you with dread? It doesn’t have to! Writing is an essential activity for developing higher order thinking ability such as critical ...

Receiving feedback from others is an essential component of being able to adapt to the situations that life can throw your way. How do you know if you’re doing well unless someone gives you the thumbs ...

Feedback is routinely requested and occasionally considered. Using feedback and doing something with it is nowhere near as routine, unfortunately. Perhaps this has been due to a lack of a practical ...