According to a survey of more than 65,000 employees, those who received feedback on their strengths had a turnover rate that was nearly 15% lower than those who didn’t receive feedback. Further, 9 out ...

Great leaders go out of their way to create opportunities for their team members to grow, providing insights along the way to help them achieve their goals. The real foundation of employee development ...

In many companies, an in-house IT team develops the various tech tools used by the staff to complete and manage their work. Additionally, companies that build B2B tech products often opt to “eat their ...

When feedback is interpreted as threatening to one’s sense of self, it can result in feelings of shame and humiliation, defensiveness, and even aggressive behavior. This tends to occur when the ...

Last month in this column, I provided an introduction to giving and receiving feedback within a team. This month I would like to review the three basic types of feedback: destructive, constructive and ...

Martina van Heerden is a member of the South African Association of Academic Literacy Practitioners. It can be difficult to tell someone what you think of their work, even if you mean well and even if ...