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Unfortunately a lot of managers tend to give continuous positive feedback until the big review, regardless of actual performance. I am not sure why they do this
by xvector 7y ago
Unfortunately a lot of managers tend to give continuous positive feedback until the big review, regardless of actual performance. I am not sure why they do this. It is a misunderstanding of the purpose of feedback in the first place.
- notus 7y agoBecause giving negative feedback is hard and uncomfortable and a skill that many people never master. It doesn't help that corporate training on the subject amounts to extremely generic and basic advice one could think up on the spot. Nothing really insightful.
- new_realist 7y agoPerhaps it’s because the optimal ratio is believed to be five units of praise per unit of constructive criticism: https://hbr.org/2013/03/the-ideal-praise-to-criticism https://hbr.org/2013/03/the-ideal-praise-to-criticism I wouldn’t be surprised if this backfires with certain types of people.