HOW TO TAKE CRITICISM…AND GET PROMOTED
Nov 10, 2019
3 minutes
By Clare Thorp
Five short words. One terrifying phrase. ‘Can I offer some feedback?’.
Wherever you’ve worked, the chances are someone has told you just how well—or not—you’re doing. But do you really need it? Feedback is the subject of hot debate in the business world. A new study by the University Of Toronto found that feedback can stifle creativity, while research by London’s Queen Mary University says that, when given during a complex task, it can hinder performance. And a recent Harvard Business Review story called it a ‘fallacy’, saying others’ views of our work are ‘more
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