How to Give Constructive Feedback
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HBR IdeaCast
So what’s tricky when you talk about feedback as being either negative or positive is that in a funny kind of way, for a lot of people, the most beneficial feedback, and therefore, in some ways the most positive, is corrective suggestions. And for many people, the most negative feedback is just the attaboy praise, a kind of hollow compliment, which many people perceive as disingenuous and not really being serious. And I’m wondering if when you are looking at the data and looking at these 360 degree assessments, if you see any differences sort of between the people at the top and the people that are managers but not all the way at the very top and kind of how they respond to feedback?