I was talking to a girlfriend of mine the other day, and she mentioned that a guy she was dating was confusing her by praising her too much. "It's weird," she said. "I like it, but after a while it doesn't feel like it's true, or at the very least, that it's not about me." I asked what he was saying, and she said that he was basically just telling her that she was beautiful over and over again. "I'd like that, too," I said, "but I think after a while, if it's not specific,

What's that smell in the air? Leaves falling? Pumpkin-spiced everything? The NYC Marathon runners prepping for the big day? No. It's the approach of Appraisal Season. Review Time. Annual Feedback. And if you haven't had good documentation all year, you're going to be feeling the pinch of bias and forgetfulness when it comes to reviewing your employees' performance over the last year. To help with that, here are some valuable tips for reviewing the documentation you've c

Tip number eight of eight - use a predictable template when giving feedback. I've learned and taught a lot about feedback over the...

Tip number seven (of the eight ideas I originally shared ) is to prep your feedback before you give it. Now you might be saying, "Kate,...

Tip number six (out of the eight I originally outlined ) is that to make feedback useful, it has to be delivered while there's still time...

Tip number five (out of the eight originally shared ) is to make sure that giving feedback is not a rare occurrence. When we think about...

Imagine you're about to give some unpleasant critical feedback to someone who is definitely going to have a hard time taking it. What's...

Tip number three (out of the eight I originally outlined ) is that to make feedback useful, it needs to be specific and not a vague or...

Let's say that you want to give your direct report some feedback on the meeting they just ran. You have the idea of the behavior you...

When I was acting, I got a lot of feedback that really wasn't helpful. "You're too tall for this role." "We need someone older." "We...

When I first started managing people, I knew I was going to have to give feedback. I was nervous because the only real first-hand...