Feedback often fails not due to unclear messages, but because it threatens a person's identity, triggering defensiveness.

Gold Nuggets mining from the River in Austria, real Gold. We’re repeatedly told that feedback is a gift. Feedback is data that lets us know how our performance is being received and perceived. At its ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Sometimes we lose sight of how vital morale is to a company’s success. Studies show that offices and businesses with high morale have ...

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Most of us think of feedback as one-way communication. If I have feedback to give, then I will tell you to listen. Even the Business Dictionary defines feedback as a one-sided communication: "Feedback ...

Honest feedback is the breakfast of champions: it allows those who seek and incorporate it to identify their blind spots, increase self-awareness, and become a better version of themselves.

Customer feedback is one of the quickest and most efficient ways to improve your business. After all, who would know better than your customers what you do well and what could use improvement? The ...

When someone says, “Can I give you some feedback,” do you wince? Do you become defensive or run when feedback comes your way? If you’ve received harsh criticism or unskillful feedback in the past, it ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. If you hire and work with employees on a regular basis, you’ll need to provide them with feedback. Feedback, whether positive or negative ...