Most people have a hard time responding effectively to negative feedback.
Here’s a good article from Fortune Magazine that may help you to think about it,
and subsequently, respond to it in a different way:
Archive for Effective Communication – Page 11
R-E-S-P-E-C-T_ Find out what it means to me.
Nice article from Maria Gamble at Forbes about how to get respect, and, the relationship between respect and trust.
Here’s a great article from Travis Bradberry, co-author of Emotional Intelligence 2.0 and president at TalentSmart:
How Successful People Handle Toxic People | LinkedIn.
I would encourage saving it to refer to when needed, (and we all will need it sometime!)
Here’s yet another illustration of why I do so much work around enhancing Emotional Intelligence… New research shows (again) how relationships are based on emotional intelligence, and emotions affect outcomes:
Think Leadership Is Logical? Think Again.
Let me know your examples and thoughts about this.
The numbers are rolling in, and it’s more an more clear that the positive effects of employee engagement are enormous, yet only 25% of CEOs report having an employee engagement plan in place.
What is your organization doing to capture the ROI of high employee engagement? I’d love to hear what’s working best for you.
6 Eye-Opening Employee Engagement Statistics – TalentCulture.
What makes a great leader? Management theorist Simon Sinek suggests, it’s someone who makes their employees feel secure, who draws staffers into a circle of trust. But creating trust and safety — especially in an uneven economy — means taking on big responsibility.
via Simon Sinek: Why good leaders make you feel safe | Talk Video | TED.com.
Some interesting ideas here. The author states that even though with networking “80% is showing up”, it’s the other 20% that counts. What do you think? And, what have you found works best for you?
Here’s a very />interesting article from from Harvard Business Review on the effect of love in corporate culture. I’ve certainly experienced this, and hope you have too.
Have you laughed today?
A great team knows how to laugh together, and a great leader uses humor effectively in many ways. Take a look at this Inc. article today, and use it to make yourself a better leader, and your workplace more fun. :
My friend and colleague, fellow leadership coach John Baldoni says this so well, I couldn’t have said it better.
He hits all the right points about how to deliver negative news to an employee, with dignity. He describes simply and clearly how to deliver bad news (about performance) with firmness and clarity while always allowing the individual retain their dignity and the hope for improvement and growth.
I particularly like his suggestion to use notes, to stay on message and use the specific language that is likely to most effective.
Your thoughts?
Save this one to refer to from time to time as a reminder, about how to do this really well:
▶ John Baldoni: Bad News? Deliver it with Dignity – YouTube.